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Reason baby not enrolled in WIC-inconvenient office hours | ||||||||||||
2006 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results | ||||||||||||
No | Yes | |||||||||||
Demographic Groups | Population | % | CI | % | CI | |||||||
Total | 7,703** | 97.8 | 96.0 | - | 98.8 | 2.2 | 1.2 | - | 4.1 | |||
Age | ||||||||||||
<20 years | 155** | 80.0 | 35.6 | - | 96.7 | 20.0 | 3.3 | - | 64.4 | |||
20-24 years | 1,048** | 93.0 | 83.7 | - | 97.2 | 7.0 | 2.8 | - | 16.4 | |||
25-34 years | 4,991** | 98.7 | 96.7 | - | 99.5 | 1.3 | 0.5 | - | 3.3 | |||
35+ years | 1,507** | 100.0 | 100.0 | - | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | - | 0.0 | |||
Mother's Race | ||||||||||||
White | 7,474** | 97.8 | 95.8 | - | 98.8 | 2.3 | 1.2 | - | 4.2 | |||
Black | # | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | |||
Other | 229** | 100.0 | 100.0 | - | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | - | 0.0 | |||
Hispanic Origin | ||||||||||||
Yes | # | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | |||
No | 7658** | 97.8 | 95.9 | - | 98.8 | 2.2 | 1.2 | - | 4.1 | |||
Education | ||||||||||||
< High School | 271** | 88.6 | 54.3 | - | 98.1 | 11.4 | 1.9 | - | 45.7 | |||
High School | 1,453** | 94.7 | 87.5 | - | 97.9 | 5.3 | 2.1 | - | 12.6 | |||
> High School | 5,978** | 99.0 | 97.4 | - | 99.6 | 1.0 | 0.4 | - | 2.6 | |||
Marital Status | ||||||||||||
Married | 6,213** | 99.0 | 97.5 | - | 99.6 | 1.0 | 0.4 | - | 2.5 | |||
Other | 1,490** | 92.9 | 84.5 | - | 96.9 | 7.1 | 3.1 | - | 15.5 | |||
Income | ||||||||||||
$14,999 or less | 633** | 89.2 | 72.5 | - | 96.3 | 10.8 | 3.7 | - | 27.5 | |||
$15,000-24,999 | 538** | 96.8 | 84.6 | - | 99.4 | 3.2 | 0.6 | - | 15.4 | |||
$25,000-49,999 | 1,870** | 96.4 | 91.0 | - | 98.6 | 3.6 | 1.4 | - | 9.0 | |||
$50,000 or more | 4,661** | 99.7 | 97.9 | - | 99.9 | 0.3 | 0.1 | - | 2.1 | |||
Enrolled in WIC | ||||||||||||
No | 7,402** | 98.3 | 96.5 | - | 99.2 | 1.7 | 0.8 | - | 3.5 | |||
Yes | 263** | 84.2 | 58.4 | - | 95.3 | 15.8 | 4.7 | - | 41.6 | |||
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid | ||||||||||||
No | 6,551** | 99.1 | 97.6 | - | 99.6 | 0.9 | 0.4 | - | 2.4 | |||
Yes | 1,151** | 90.7 | 80.3 | - | 95.9 | 9.4 | 4.2 | - | 19.7 | |||
Infant's birth weight | ||||||||||||
<2500 grams | 334** | 98.7 | 96.5 | - | 99.5 | 1.4 | 0.5 | - | 3.5 | |||
2500 grams or more | 7,368** | 97.8 | 95.8 | - | 98.8 | 2.2 | 1.2 | - | 4.2 | |||
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 72: Why wasn't your new baby enrolled in WIC? | ||||||||||||
d. WIC office hours did not fit in my schedule. | ||||||||||||
** 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 2006 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 |