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Did Mother or Partner Go To Jail?*
2002 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,546 95.1 93.6 - 96.6 4.9 3.4 - 6.4
Age                    
<20 years 1,147 80.4 70.8 - 89.9 19.7 10.1 - 29.2
20-24 years 3,364 92.2 88.3 - 96.0 7.8 4.0 - 11.7
25-34 years 7,149 97.6 96.3 - 98.9 2.4 1.1 - 3.7
35+ years 1,886 100.0 100.0 - 100.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0
Mother's Race                  
White 13,013 95.0 93.4 - 96.5 5.1 3.5 - 6.6
Black 171 # # - # # # - #
Other 337 100.0 100.0 - 100.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 168^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,373^ 95.0 93.5 - 96.5 5.0 3.5 - 6.5
Education                  
< High School 1,427 86.9 79.4 - 94.4 13.1 5.6 - 20.6
High School 4,772 93.3 90.5 - 96.1 6.7 3.9 - 9.5
> High School 7,277 98.1 96.9 - 99.2 1.9 0.8 - 3.1
Marital Status                  
Married 9,130 98.9 98.0 - 99.8 1.1 0.2 - 2.0
Other 4,417 87.5 83.5 - 91.4 12.5 8.6 - 16.5
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,227** 86.3 81.5 - 91.0 13.8 9.0 - 18.5
$16,000-24,999 1,461** 94.2 89.6 - 98.8 5.8 1.2 - 10.4
$25,000-39,999 2,076** 99.1 97.5 - 100.0 0.9 0.0 - 2.5
$40,000 or more 5,632** 99.1 98.1 - 100.0 0.9 0.0 - 1.9
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,719** 97.1 95.7 - 98.5 2.9 1.5 - 4.3
Yes 4,223** 90.9 87.4 - 94.4 9.1 5.6 - 12.6
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 7,899** 98.7 97.7 - 99.6 1.3 0.4 - 2.3
Yes 5,080** 89.5 86.1 - 92.9 10.5 7.1 - 13.9
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 855 93.5 91.7 - 95.3 6.5 4.7 - 8.3
2500 grams or more 12,688 95.2 93.6 - 96.7 4.8 3.3 - 6.4
NOTES:
Population size for groups giving birth in Maine are taken from the Maine Vital Statistics System unless otherwise noted.
Unknowns are excluded from all tabulations.
* Survey Question 33: This question is about things that may have happened during the 12 months before your
new baby was born k.  You or your husband or partner went to jail?
** Estimates of the population size for this group giving birth in Maine are made through PRAMS.
^ Estimate of Hispanic population giving birth in Maine is taken from the 2002 birth file.
# There were fewer than 10 survey respondents to this question.  Data may be unreliable for describing this group, therefore
percent is not reported.
CI = 95% Confidence Interval