Did Mother Receive Counseling on Breastfeeding?*
2000 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
				No				Yes
Groups		Population	%		CI		%		CI
	Total	13,590	8.4	6.6	-	10.2	91.6	89.8	-	93.4
Age
	<20 years	1,272	4.0	0.0	-	8.2	96.0	91.8	-	100.0
	20-24 years	3,351	6.2	2.8	-	9.6	93.8	90.4	-	97.2
	25-34 years	7,088	9.5	6.9	-	12.1	90.5	87.9	-	93.1
	35+ years	1,875	11.1	5.8	-	16.4	88.9	83.6	-	94.2
Mother's Race
	White	13,144	8.5	6.7	-	10.4	91.5	89.6	-	93.3
	Black	112	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	Other	308	5.8	0.0	-	16.4	94.2	83.6	-	100.0
Hispanic Origin
	Yes	138^	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	13,441^	8.2	6.4	-	10.0	91.8	90.0	-	93.6
Education
	< High School	1,471	4.3	0.1	-	8.6	95.7	91.4	-	99.9
	High School	4,894	5.8	3.3	-	8.4	94.2	91.6	-	96.7
	> High School	7,065	11.4	8.5	-	14.2	88.6	85.8	-	91.5
Marital Status
	Married	9,398	9.6	7.3	-	11.8	90.5	88.2	-	92.7
	Other	4,192	5.8	2.9	-	8.7	94.2	91.3	-	97.1
Income
	$15,999 or less	3,654**	5.1	2.3	-	7.9	94.9	92.1	-	97.7
	$16,000-24,999	1,459**	7.4	2.4	-	12.4	92.6	87.6	-	97.6
	$25,000-39,999	2,620**	7.3	3.5	-	11.1	92.7	88.9	-	96.5
	$40,000 or more	4,811**	11.4	8.1	-	14.8	88.6	85.2	-	91.9
WIC Recipient
	No	8,652**	9.3	7.0	-	11.6	90.7	88.4	-	93.0
	Yes	4,275**	6.5	3.6	-	9.4	93.5	90.6	-	96.4
Medicaid Recipient
	No	8,054**	9.3	6.9	-	11.7	90.7	88.3	-	93.1
	Yes	4,998**	7.0	4.3	-	9.8	93.0	90.2	-	95.7
Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	819	9.4	7.4	-	11.5	90.6	88.5	-	92.6
	2500 grams or more	12,761	8.4	6.5	-	10.3	91.6	89.7	-	93.5
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 22:  During any of your prenatal care visits, did a doctor, nurse, or other health care worker talk with you
	about any of the things listed below?				b. Breastfeeding your baby
** 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