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Was Mother On WIC During Pregnancy?*
2007 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 14,110 61.0 57.6 - 64.2 39.1 35.8 - 42.4
Age                    
<20 years 1,176 22.0 13.5 - 33.7 78.0 66.3 - 86.5
20-24 years 3,620 38.8 32.5 - 45.4 61.2 54.6 - 67.5
25-34 years 7,307 72.1 67.8 - 76.1 27.9 23.9 - 32.2
35+ years 2,007 85.7 78.5 - 90.7 14.3 9.3 - 21.5
Mother's Race                  
White 13,392 61.5 58.1 - 64.8 38.5 35.2 - 41.9
Black 330 # # - # # # - #
Other  373 59.3 34.6 - 80.0 40.7 20.0 - 65.4
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 208^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,871^ 61.2 57.8 - 64.5 38.8 35.5 - 42.2
Education                  
< High School 1,490 27.8 18.1 - 40.0 72.2 60.0 - 81.9
High School 4,761 41.7 36.0 - 47.5 58.4 52.5 - 64.0
> High School 7,798 77.9 74.1 - 81.4 22.1 18.7 - 25.9
Marital Status                  
Married 8,592 81.8 78.3 - 84.7 18.3 15.3 - 21.7
Other 5,515 30.3 25.5 - 35.7 69.7 64.3 - 74.6
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,840** 28.6 23.2 - 34.7 71.4 65.4 - 76.8
$16,000-24,999 1,811** 34.8 26.6 - 44.0 65.2 56.0 - 73.4
$25,000-39,999 3,169** 64.8 58.0 - 71.1 35.2 28.9 - 42.1
$40,000 or more 4,750** 97.7 95.4 - 98.9 2.3 1.1 - 4.6
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,403** 100.0 0.0 - 0.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0
Yes 5,063** 0.0 0.0 - 0.0 100.0 0.0 - 0.0
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 7,252** 95.5 93.2 - 97.1 4.5 2.9 - 6.8
Yes 6,319** 29.0 24.9 - 33.6 71.0 66.5 - 75.1
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 892 58.3 54.9 - 61.7 41.7 38.3 - 45.2
2500 grams or more 13,207 61.1 57.5 - 64.6 38.9 35.4 - 42.5
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 24:  During your most recent pregnancy, were you on WIC?
** 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