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Still Owe on Delivery

2006 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

				No				Yes
Demographic Groups		Population	%		95% CI		%		95% CI
	Total	14,152	80.5	77.8	-	82.9	19.5	17.1	-	22.2
Age
	<20 years	1,135	94.6	82.0	-	98.6	5.4	1.4	-	18.0
	20-24 years	3,580	88.0	83.2	-	91.6	12.0	8.4	-	16.8
	25-34 years	7,399	74.9	70.9	-	78.5	25.1	21.5	-	29.1
	35+ years	2,037	80.4	72.8	-	86.3	19.6	13.7	-	27.2

Mother's Race
	White	13,494	79.9	77.1	-	82.4	20.1	17.6	-	22.9
	Black	299	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	Other	344	94.9	77.6	-	99.0	5.1	1.0	-	22.4

Hispanic Origin
	Yes	221^	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	13,908^	80.6	77.9	-	83.0	19.4	17.0	-	22.1

Education
	< High School	1,526	95.1	86.2	-	98.4	4.9	1.6	-	13.8
	High School	4,759	79.5	74.4	-	83.9	20.5	16.1	-	25.6
	> High School	7,786	78.3	74.7	-	81.5	21.7	18.5	-	25.4

Marital Status
	Married	8,934	77.6	74.1	-	80.7	22.5	19.3	-	26.0
	Other	5,216	84.9	80.4	-	88.5	15.1	11.5	-	19.6

Income
	$14,999 or less	3,839**	91.8	87.4	-	94.8	8.2	5.2	-	12.7
	$15,000-24,999	1,811**	80.5	72.3	-	86.8	19.5	13.2	-	27.7
	$25,000-49,999	3,169**	70.0	63.6	-	75.7	30.0	24.3	-	36.4
	$50,000 or more	4,750**	78.3	73.6	-	82.4	21.7	17.6	-	26.4

Enrolled in WIC
	No	8,401**	75.5	71.9	-	78.8	24.5	21.2	-	28.1
	Yes	5,063**	88.6	84.5	-	91.7	11.4	8.3	-	15.5

Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid
	No	7,251**	69.8	65.7	-	73.6	30.2	26.4	-	34.3
	Yes	6,319**	92.7	89.6	-	95.0	7.3	5.0	-	10.4

Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	966	82.9	80.3	-	85.3	17.1	14.7	-	19.7
	2500 grams or more	13,184	80.3	77.4	-	82.9	19.7	17.1	-	22.6

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 42: How was your delivery paid for?					Still Owe
** 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 2006 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




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