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Mom Still Breastfeeding?
2005 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 14,110 42.1 38.4 - 45.8 58.0 54.2 - 61.6
Age                    
<20 years 539** 83.9 65.8 - 93.4 16.2 6.7 - 34.2
20-24 years 2,722** 63.9 56.3 - 70.8 36.1 29.2 - 43.7
25-34 years 5,489** 33.4 28.8 - 38.3 66.6 61.7 - 71.2
35+ years 1,706** 21.8 15.4 - 30.0 78.2 70.0 - 84.6
Mother's Race                  
White 10,220** 41.9 38.2 - 45.6 58.1 54.4 - 61.8
Black 85** # # - # # # - #
Other  115** 46.2 18.7 - 76.2 53.8 23.8 - 81.3
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 147** # # - # # # - #
No 10,280** 42.4 38.7 - 46.2 57.6 53.8 - 61.3
Education                  
< High School 795** 81.4 66.5 - 90.6 18.6 9.4 - 33.5
High School 3,296** 56.9 49.7 - 63.9 43.1 36.1 - 50.3
> High School 6,338** 29.6 25.7 - 33.8 70.5 66.2 - 74.3
Marital Status                  
Married 7,095** 33.2 29.2 - 37.5 66.8 62.5 - 70.8
Other 3,362** 60.8 53.9 - 67.3 39.2 32.8 - 46.1
Income                    
$14,999 or less 2,633** 64.6 56.8 - 71.6 35.5 28.4 - 43.2
$15,000-24,999 1,259** 48.8 38.0 - 59.7 51.2 40.3 - 62.0
$25,000-49,999 2,647** 38.3 31.4 - 45.7 61.7 54.3 - 68.6
$50,000 or more 3,917** 27.3 22.5 - 32.7 72.7 67.3 - 77.5
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 7,056** 33.6 29.6 - 38.0 66.4 62.0 - 70.4
Yes 3,331** 60.7 53.8 - 67.2 39.4 32.9 - 46.2
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 5,975** 31.6 27.4 - 36.2 68.4 63.8 - 72.6
Yes 4,481** 56.0 50.0 - 61.7 44.1 38.3 - 50.0
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 537** 56.9 52.7 - 61.0 43.1 39.0 - 47.3
2500 grams or more 9,917** 41.3 37.4 - 45.2 58.7 54.8 - 62.6
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 49:  Are you still breastfeeding or feeding pumped milk to your new baby?
** 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 2005 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