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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 | ||||||||||