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Mom Still Breastfeeding?
2007 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 10,375** 42.5 38.8 - 46.3 57.5 53.7 - 61.2
Age                    
<20 years 734** 73.6 57.3 - 85.2 26.4 14.8 - 42.7
20-24 years 2,510** 63.1 55.3 - 70.2 37.0 29.8 - 44.7
25-34 years 5,371** 34.2 29.5 - 39.2 65.8 60.9 - 70.5
35+ years 1,759** 25.5 18.6 - 34.0 74.5 66.1 - 81.4
Mother's Race                  
White 9,981** 42.7 38.9 - 46.5 57.3 53.5 - 61.1
Black 162** # # - # # # - #
Other  229** 43.8 22.1 - 68.1 56.2 31.9 - 77.9
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 204** # # - # # # - #
No 10,171** 42.4 38.7 - 46.2 57.6 53.8 - 61.4
Education                  
< High School 907** 64.9 48.9 - 78.1 35.1 21.9 - 51.1
High School 2,903** 54.5 47.4 - 61.4 45.5 38.6 - 52.6
> High School 6,536** 33.8 29.6 - 38.3 66.2 61.7 - 70.4
Marital Status                  
Married 6,730** 33.0 29.0 - 37.4 67.0 62.7 - 71.0
Other 3,645** 60.0 53.1 - 66.5 40.0 33.5 - 46.9
Income                    
$14,999 or less 1,993** 65.5 56.3 - 73.6 34.5 26.4 - 43.7
$15,000-24,999 1,337** 48.2 37.7 - 58.8 51.9 41.2 - 62.3
$25,000-49,999 2,558** 40.7 33.6 - 48.2 59.3 51.8 - 66.4
$50,000 or more 3,969** 29.1 24.1 - 34.6 70.9 65.4 - 75.9
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 6,773** 33.6 29.5 - 38.0 66.4 62.0 - 70.5
Yes 3,493** 59.3 52.5 - 65.7 40.8 34.3 - 47.6
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 5,572** 33.0 28.5 - 37.8 67.0 62.2 - 71.5
Yes 4,803** 53.5 47.7 - 59.2 46.5 40.8 - 52.3
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 543** 60.2 56.2 - 64.1 39.8 35.9 - 43.9
2500 grams or more 9,829** 41.5 37.6 - 45.5 58.5 54.5 - 62.4
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 49:  Are you still breastfeeding or feeding pumped milk to your new baby?
** 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