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Was Mother On WIC During Pregnancy?*
2008 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,605 58.9 55.5 - 62.1 41.2 37.9 - 44.5
Age                    
<20 years 1,119 18.1 11.1 - 28.1 82.0 71.9 - 88.9
20-24 years 3,490 37.4 31.2 - 44.1 62.6 55.9 - 68.8
25-34 years 7,126 71.8 67.4 - 75.9 28.2 24.1 - 32.6
35+ years 1,867 78.7 70.5 - 85.2 21.3 14.8 - 29.5
Mother's Race                  
White 12,829 58.7 55.2 - 62.0 41.4 38.0 - 44.8
Black 367 # # - # # # - #
Other  390 72.0 52.1 - 85.9 28.0 14.2 - 47.9
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 220^ # # - # # # - #
No 13365^ 59.0 55.6 - 62.3 41.0 37.7 - 44.4
Education                  
< High School 1,477 25.1 16.5 - 36.3 74.9 63.7 - 83.5
High School 4,605 39.0 33.3 - 44.9 61.0 55.1 - 66.7
> High School 7,523 78.0 74.3 - 81.3 22.0 18.7 - 25.7
Marital Status                  
Married 8,232 79.3 75.5 - 82.6 20.7 17.4 - 24.5
Other 5,372 31.0 26.4 - 36.1 69.0 64.0 - 73.6
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,041** 22.2 16.9 - 28.6 77.8 71.4 - 83.1
$16,000-24,999 2,115** 38.6 30.7 - 47.2 61.4 52.8 - 69.3
$25,000-39,999 2,627** 62.3 55.1 - 69.1 37.7 30.9 - 44.9
$40,000 or more 4,277** 97.2 94.8 - 98.6 2.8 1.4 - 5.3
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 7,660** 100.0 100.0 - 100.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0
Yes 5,355** 0.0 0.0 - 0.0 100.0 100.0 - 100.0
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 6,009** 93.7 90.9 - 95.7 6.3 4.3 - 9.2
Yes 7,062** 29.1 25.1 - 33.5 70.9 66.5 - 74.9
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 910 49.5 45.8 - 53.1 50.5 46.9 - 54.2
2500 grams or more 12,689 59.4 55.9 - 62.9 40.6 37.1 - 44.1
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 2008 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