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Household Rules About Smoking
2007 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
      No Where in House Some Rooms/Some Times Anywhere/Any Time
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 14,110 92.3 90.2 - 94.0 6.5 4.9 - 8.4 1.2 0.7 - 2.3
Age                            
<20 years 1,176 83.3 71.8 - 90.8 15.1 8.1 - 26.5 1.6 0.2 - 9.8
20-24 years 3,620 88.9 83.6 - 92.6 9.3 6.0 - 14.3 1.8 0.6 - 5.3
25-34 years 7,307 94.0 91.4 - 95.9 4.8 3.1 - 7.2 1.2 0.5 - 2.8
35+ years 2,007 98.1 93.1 - 99.5 1.9 0.1 - 6.9 0.0 0.0 - 0.0
Mother's Race                          
White 13,392 92.2 90.1 - 93.9 6.6 5.1 - 8.7 1.2 0.6 - 2.2
Black 330 90.8 66.8 - 98.0 2.2 0.7 - 6.3 7.0 1.0 - 35.7
Other  373 100.0 0.0 - 0.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0
Hispanic Origin                          
Yes 208^ 90.0 55.5 - 98.5 10.0 1.5 - 44.5 0.0 0.0 - 0.0
No 13,871^ 92.4 90.3 - 94.0 6.4 4.9 - 8.4 1.3 0.7 - 2.3
Education                          
< High School 1,490 83.0 71.4 - 90.5 15.2 8.2 - 26.5 1.8 0.3 - 11.2
High School 4,761 89.2 84.9 - 92.4 8.4 5.7 - 12.4 2.4 1.1 - 5.0
> High School 7,798 95.8 93.6 - 97.2 3.8 2.4 - 5.8 0.5 0.1 - 1.8
Marital Status                          
Married 8,592 97.1 95.3 - 98.2 2.2 1.2 - 3.7 0.8 0.3 - 2.0
Other 5,515 85.3 80.7 - 88.9 12.9 9.5 - 17.2 1.9 0.8 - 4.3
Income                            
$14,999 or less 4,090** 85.3 79.2 - 89.9 12.4 8.2 - 18.2 2.3 0.9 - 5.7
$15,000-24,999 1,821** 88.8 81.7 - 93.3 10.3 5.9 - 17.3 0.9 0.2 - 5.1
$25,000-49,999 3,054** 94.5 90.3 - 97.0 4.9 2.6 - 8.9 0.6 0.1 - 4.0
$50,000 or more 4,547** 98.2 95.9 - 99.2 1.2 0.4 - 3.2 0.7 0.2 - 2.6
Enrolled in WIC                          
No 8,149** 95.4 93.1 - 96.9 4.2 2.7 - 6.4 0.4 0.1 - 1.6
Yes 5,221** 87.3 83.0 - 90.6 10.2 7.2 - 14.3 2.5 1.2 - 5.1
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                        
No 6,485** 98.0 96.2 - 98.9 1.5 0.7 - 3.1 0.5 0.1 - 2.0
Yes 7,027** 87.1 83.4 - 90.1 11.0 8.3 - 14.5 1.9 0.9 - 3.8
Infant's birth weight                          
<2500 grams 892 91.6 89.4 - 93.4 8.0 6.2 - 10.1 0.5 0.2 - 1.2
2500 grams or more 13,207 92.4 90.1 - 94.1 6.4 4.8 - 8.5 1.3 0.7 - 2.4
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 81:  Which of the following statements describes the rules about smoking inside your home now? 
No smoke anywhere, smoking allowed in some rooms or at some times, smoking is permitted anywhere
** 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 2007 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