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Mom Ate Less/ No Money For Food
2006 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
    No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 14,152 89.7 87.4 - 91.7 10.3 8.3 - 12.6
Age              
<20 years 1,135 84.8 70.8 - 92.8 15.2 7.2 - 29.2
20-24 years 3,580 83.2 77.27 - 87.8 16.9 12.3 - 22.7
25-34 years 7,399 92.4 89.6 - 94.5 7.6 5.5 - 10.5
35+ years 2,037 94.3 88.7 - 97.3 5.7 2.8 - 11.3
Mother's Race              
White 13,494 89.8 87.4 - 91.7 10.2 8.3 - 12.6
Black 299 97.7 92.6 - 99.3 2.3 0.7 - 7.5
Other  344 85.2 64.7 - 94.8 14.8 5.3 - 35.3
Hispanic Origin              
Yes 221^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,908^ 89.8 87.5 - 91.8 10.2 8.3 - 12.5
Education              
< High School 1,526 79.3 67.2 - 87.7 20.7 12.3 - 32.8
High School 4,759 83.7 78.8 - 87.7 16.3 12.3 - 21.2
> High School 7,786 94.8 92.6 - 96.4 5.2 3.6 - 7.4
Marital Status              
Married 8,934 93.5 91.1 - 95.3 6.5 4.7 - 8.9
Other 5,216 84.0 79.2 - 87.8 16.1 12.2 - 20.8
Income              
$14,999 or less 3,752** 80.1 74.0 - 85.1 19.9 14.9 - 26.0
$15,000-24,999 1,811** 84.6 77.0 - 90.1 15.4 9.9 - 23.1
$25,000-49,999 3,114** 89.7 84.7 - 93.2 10.3 6.8 - 15.3
$50,000 or more 4,716** 99.3 97.6 - 99.8 0.7 0.2 - 2.4
Enrolled in WIC              
No 8,330** 95.3 93.1 - 96.9 4.7 3.2 - 6.9
Yes 4,998** 80.3 75.3 - 84.5 19.7 15.5 - 24.7
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid            
No 7,196** 96.5 94.5 - 97.8 3.5 2.2 - 5.5
Yes 6,198** 81.8 77.4 - 85.5 18.2 14.5 - 22.6
Infant's birth weight              
<2500 grams 966 87.9 85.4 - 90.0 12.1 10.0 - 14.6
2500 grams or more 13,184 89.8 87.4 - 91.9 10.2 8.1 - 12.7
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 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