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Did Mother or Partner Go To Jail?*
2000 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,590 95.2 93.7 - 96.6 4.9 3.4 - 6.3
Age                    
<20 years 1,272 91.0 84.6 - 97.3 9.0 2.7 - 15.4
20-24 years 3,351 89.7 85.4 - 94.0 10.3 6.0 - 14.6
25-34 years 7,088 97.6 96.0 - 99.1 2.4 0.9 - 4.0
35+ years 1,875 98.1 95.7 - 100.0 1.9 0.0 - 4.3
Mother's Race                  
White 13,144 95.0 93.5 - 96.5 5.0 3.5 - 6.5
Black 122 # # - # # # - #
Other 308 100.0 100.0 - 100.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 138^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,441^ 95.3 93.9 - 96.8 4.7 3.2 - 6.1
Education                  
< High School 1,471 86.1 78.7 - 93.6 13.9 6.4 - 21.3
High School 4,894 93.7 91.0 - 96.4 6.3 3.6 - 9.0
> High School 7,065 98.4 97.2 - 99.6 1.6 0.4 - 2.8
Marital Status                  
Married 9,368 98.4 97.4 - 99.5 1.6 0.5 - 2.6
Other 4,192 87.6 83.4 - 91.7 12.4 8.3 - 16.6
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,654** 86.7 82.2 - 91.3 13.3 8.7 - 17.8
$16,000-24,999 1,459** 96.2 92.5 - 99.8 3.9 0.2 - 7.5
$25,000-39,999 2,620** 98.7 97.0 - 100.0 1.3 0.0 - 3.0
$40,000 or more 4,811** 99.2 98.3 - 100.0 0.8 0.0 - 1.7
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,652** 98.5 97.5 - 99.5 1.5 0.5 - 2.5
Yes 4,275** 88.8 84.9 - 92.6 11.2 7.4 - 15.1
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 8,054** 99.3 98.5 - 100.0 0.7 0.0 - 1.5
Yes 4,998** 88.4 84.9 - 92.0 11.6 8.0 - 15.1
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 819 95.4 93.8 - 96.9 4.7 3.1 - 6.2
2500 grams or more 12,761 95.1 93.6 - 96.7 4.9 3.3 - 6.4
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 33: This question is about things that may have happened during the 12 months before your
new baby was born k. You or your husband or partner went to jail?
** 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 2000 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