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Reason baby not enrolled in WIC-too far away | ||||||||||||
2006 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results | ||||||||||||
No | Yes | |||||||||||
Demographic Groups | Population | % | CI | % | CI | |||||||
Total | 7,688** | 99.0 | 97.1 | - | 99.6 | 1.1 | 0.4 | - | 2.9 | |||
Age | ||||||||||||
<20 years | 155** | 80.0 | 35.6 | - | 96.7 | 20.0 | 3.3 | - | 64.4 | |||
20-24 years | 1,048** | 98.1 | 92.1 | - | 99.6 | 1.9 | 0.4 | - | 7.9 | |||
25-34 years | 4,976** | 99.4 | 96.2 | - | 99.9 | 0.6 | 0.1 | - | 3.8 | |||
35+ years | 1,507** | 99.9 | 99.6 | - | 100.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | - | 0.4 | |||
Mother's Race | ||||||||||||
White | 7,459** | 98.9 | 97.0 | - | 99.6 | 1.1 | 0.4 | - | 3.0 | |||
Black | # | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | |||
Other | 229** | 100.0 | 100.0 | - | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | - | 0.0 | |||
Hispanic Origin | ||||||||||||
Yes | # | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | |||
No | 7,643** | 98.9 | 97.1 | - | 99.6 | 1.1 | 0.4 | - | 2.9 | |||
Education | ||||||||||||
< High School | 271** | 78.0 | 45.2 | - | 93.8 | 22.0 | 6.2 | - | 54.8 | |||
High School | 1,453** | 98.7 | 94.3 | - | 99.7 | 1.4 | 0.3 | - | 5.7 | |||
> High School | 5,963** | 100.0 | 99.9 | - | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | - | 0.1 | |||
Marital Status | ||||||||||||
Married | 6,197** | 99.7 | 98.5 | - | 100.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | - | 1.5 | |||
Other | 1,490** | 95.7 | 86.7 | - | 98.7 | 4.3 | 1.3 | - | 13.4 | |||
Income | ||||||||||||
$14,999 or less | 633** | 90.0 | 71.6 | - | 96.9 | 10.1 | 3.1 | - | 28.4 | |||
$15,000-24,999 | 538** | 96.8 | 84.6 | - | 99.4 | 3.2 | 0.6 | - | 15.4 | |||
$25,000-49,999 | 1,855** | 100.0 | 100.0 | - | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | - | 0.0 | |||
$50,000 or more | 4,661** | 100.0 | 100.0 | - | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | - | 0.0 | |||
Enrolled in WIC | ||||||||||||
No | 7,387** | 99.4 | 97.7 | - | 99.8 | 0.7 | 0.2 | - | 2.3 | |||
Yes | 263** | 87.4 | 54.9 | - | 97.5 | 12.6 | 2.5 | - | 45.1 | |||
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid | ||||||||||||
No | 6,536** | 99.7 | 98.6 | - | 99.9 | 0.3 | 0.1 | - | 1.4 | |||
Yes | 1,151** | 94.5 | 83.1 | - | 98.3 | 5.5 | 1.7 | - | 16.9 | |||
Infant's birth weight | ||||||||||||
<2500 grams | 334** | 97.5 | 95.1 | - | 98.7 | 2.5 | 1.3 | - | 4.9 | |||
2500 grams or more | 7,352** | 99.0 | 97.0 | - | 99.7 | 1.0 | 0.3 | - | 3.0 | |||
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 72: Why wasn't your new baby enrolled in WIC? | ||||||||||||
e. The WIC office was too far away. | ||||||||||||
** 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 | ||||||||||||
Maine Department of Health and Human Services | ||||||||||||
Office of Data, Research, and Vital Statistics |