Was Mother On WIC During Pregnancy?*
2002 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
				No				Yes
Demographic Groups		Population	%		CI		%		CI
	Total	13,546	67.4	64.2	-	70.5	32.6	29.5	-	35.8
Age
	<20 years	1,147	23.4	13.2	-	33.7	76.6	66.3	-	86.8
	20-24 years	3,364	45.5	38.6	-	52.3	54.5	47.7	-	61.4
	25-34 years	7,149	79.1	75.4	-	82.7	21.0	17.3	-	24.6
	35+ years	1,886	89.9	84.2	-	95.6	10.1	4.4	-	15.8
Mother's Race
	White	13,013	67.5	64.3	-	70.7	32.5	29.3	-	35.7
	Black	171	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	Other	337	69.5	45.3	-	93.7	30.5	6.3	-	54.7
Hispanic Origin
	Yes	168^	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	13,373^	67.5	64.3	-	70.7	32.5	29.3	-	35.7
Education
	< High School	1,427	18.9	10.3	-	27.5	81.1	72.5	-	89.7
	High School	4,772	55.6	50.0	-	61.2	44.4	38.8	-	50.0
	> High School	7,277	85.9	82.8	-	88.9	14.2	11.1	-	17.2
Marital Status
	Married	9,130	83.2	80.2	-	86.3	16.8	13.7	-	19.8
	Other	4,417	35.7	30.1	-	41.4	64.3	58.6	-	69.9
Income
	$15,999 or less	3,227**	27.8	21.7	-	34.0	72.2	66.0	-	78.3
	$16,000-24,999	1,461**	43.5	33.7	-	53.3	56.5	46.7	-	66.3
	$25,000-39,999	2,076**	70.2	62.7	-	77.7	29.8	22.3	-	37.3
	$40,000 or more	5,632**	96.8	95.0	-	98.6	3.2	1.4	-	5.0
Enrolled in WIC
	No	8,719**	100.0	100.0	-	100.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0
	Yes	4,223**	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	100.0	100.0	-	100.0
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid
	No	7,899**	92.1	89.8	-	94.4	7.9	5.6	-	10.2
	Yes	5,080**	28.9	24.0	-	33.8	71.1	66.2	-	76.0
Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	855	60.7	57.2	-	64.2	39.3	35.8	-	42.8
	2500 grams or more	12,688	67.8	64.4	-	71.1	32.2	28.9	-	35.6
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 23:  During your pregnancy, were you on WIC?
** 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