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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 | ||||||||||||