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Mom Ate Less/ No Money For Food
2004 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,929 91.2 89.0 - 93.0 8.8 7.0 - 11.0
Age                    
<20 years 1,102 76.9 63.8 - 86.2 23.1 13.8 - 36.2
20-24 years 3,427 85.5 79.86 - 89.8 14.5 10.2 - 20.1
25-34 years 7,434 94.7 92.3 - 96.4 5.3 3.6 - 7.8
35+ years 1,961 95.9 90.7 - 98.3 4.1 1.7 - 9.4
Mother's Race                  
White 13,340 91.4 89.2 - 93.2 8.6 6.8 - 10.8
Black 224 77.8 44.9 - 93.8 22.2 6.2 - 55.1
Other 343 90.9 61.4 - 98.5 7.7 1.6 - 38.6
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 178^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,722^ 91.3 89.1 - 93.1 8.7 6.9 - 10.9
Education                  
< High School 1,424 70.8 58.3 - 80.8 29.2 19.3 - 41.7
High School 4,823 88.6 84.7 - 91.7 11.4 8.3 - 15.3
> High School 7,600 96.5 94.5 - 97.8 3.5 2.2 - 5.5
Marital Status                  
Married 9,208 94.4 92.2 - 96.1 5.6 4.0 - 7.8
Other 4,721 83.5 78.1 - 87.7 16.5 12.3 - 21.9
Income                    
$14,999 or less 3,480** 77.0 70.7 - 82.9 23.0 17.8 - 29.3
$15,000-24,999 1,753** 89.0 81.7 - 93.6 51.8 6.4 - 18.3
$25,000-49,999 2,262** 95.8 92.1 - 97.8 4.2 2.2 - 7.9
$50,000 or more 5,227** 99.3 97.4 - 99.8 0.7 0.2 - 2.6
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,691** 96.2 94.3 - 97.6 3.8 2.4 - 5.7
Yes 4,493** 82.0 77.0 - 86.2 18.0 13.9 - 23.0
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 7,586** 98.3 96.8 - 99.1 1.7 0.9 - 3.3
Yes 5,658** 81.9 77.5 - 85.6 18.1 14.4 - 22.6
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 891 88.8 86.2 - 90.9 11.2 9.1 - 13.8
2500 grams or more 13,028 91.3 89.0 - 93.2 8.7 6.8 - 11.0
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 35.  During the 12 months before your baby was born, did you ever eat less than you felt you should
because there wasn't enough money to buy food?
** 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 2004 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