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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 | ||||||||||