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2008 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 13,605 95.0 93.3 - 96.3 3.5 2.4 - 5.0 1.5 0.8 - 2.6
Age                            
<20 years 1,119 86.5 76.6 - 92.6 10.2 5.2 - 19.0 3.4 0.9 - 12.2
20-24 years 3,490 92.2 87.7 - 95.2 6.0 3.4 - 10.3 1.8 0.7 - 4.4
25-34 years 7,126 97.2 95.0 - 98.4 1.9 1.0 - 3.8 0.9 0.3 - 2.6
35+ years 1,867 98.2 93.1 - 99.6 0.3 0.1 - 0.7 1.5 0.3 - 7.5
Mother's Race                          
White 12,829 95.1 93.4 - 96.5 3.5 2.4 - 5.0 1.4 0.7 - 2.5
Black 367 90.8 66.8 - 98.0 2.2 0.7 - 6.3 7.0 1.0 - 35.7
Other  390 93.4 71.6 - 98.7 5.8 0.9 - 30.1 0.8 0.2 - 3.5
Hispanic Origin                          
Yes 220^ 90.0 55.5 - 98.5 10.0 1.5 - 44.5 0.0 0.0 - 0.0
No 13365^ 95.0 93.2 - 96.3 3.5 2.5 - 5.1 1.5 0.8 - 2.6
Education                          
< High School 1,477 87.1 76.9 - 93.1 7.2 3.0 - 16.3 5.8 2.2 - 14.2
High School 4,605 92.6 88.8 - 95.2 5.3 3.1 - 8.7 2.1 1.0 - 4.6
> High School 7,523 98.0 96.5 - 98.9 1.7 1.0 - 3.2 0.2 0.0 - 1.3
Marital Status                          
Married 8,232 98.5 97.2 - 99.3 0.7 0.3 - 1.8 0.7 0.3 - 1.9
Other 5,372 90.2 86.5 - 93.0 7.3 4.9 - 10.7 2.5 1.2 - 5.0
Income                            
$14,999 or less 3,041** 88.8 83.2 - 92.7 7.9 4.8 - 12.8 3.3 1.4 - 7.4
$15,000-24,999 2,115** 91.8 85.5 - 95.5 7.0 3.7 - 12.9 1.2 0.2 - 6.9
$25,000-49,999 2,627** 98.5 95.6 - 99.5 1.4 0.4 - 4.5 0.1 0.1 - 0.4
$50,000 or more 4,277** 99.9 99.7 - 100.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.2 0.1 0.0 - 0.3
Enrolled in WIC                          
No 7,660** 97.5 95.8 - 98.6 2.0 1.0 - 3.6 0.5 0.2 - 1.5
Yes 5,355** 91.4 87.7 - 94.1 5.8 3.7 - 9.0 2.8 1.4 - 5.5
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                        
No 6,009** 99.3 98.0 - 99.8 0.1 0.0 - 0.2 0.6 0.2 - 2.0
Yes 7,062** 91.4 88.3 - 93.7 6.5 4.5 - 9.2 2.2 1.1 - 4.2
Infant's birth weight                          
<2500 grams 910 91.4 89.0 - 93.3 6.2 4.7 - 8.2 2.4 1.4 - 4.2
2500 grams or more 12,689 95.3 93.4 - 96.6 3.3 2.2 - 5.0 1.4 0.7 - 2.6
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 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
Maine Department of Health and Human Services
Office of Data, Research, and Vital Statistics