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Was Mother Involved in a Physical Fight?*
2000 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,590 95.8 94.2 - 97.0 4.2 3.1 - 5.8
Age                    
<20 years 1,272 86.8 76.6 - 93.0 13.2 7.0 - 23.4
20-24 years 3,351 92.9 88.4 - 95.7 7.1 4.3 - 11.7
25-34 years 7,088 97.5 95.5 - 98.6 2.5 1.4 - 4.5
35+ years 1,875 99.8 99.5 - 99.9 0.2 0.1 - 0.5
Mother's Race                  
White 13,144 95.9 94.3 - 97.1 4.1 2.9 - 5.7
Black 122 # # - # # # - #
Other 308 89.8 67.8 - 97.4 10.2 2.6 - 32.3
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 138^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,441^ 95.8 94.2 - 97.0 4.2 3.0 - 5.8
Education                  
< High School 1,471 91.0 82.7 - 95.5 9.0 4.5 - 17.3
High School 4,894 93.3 90.0 - 95.6 6.7 4.4 - 10.1
+ > High School 7,065 98.7 97.1 - 99.4 1.3 0.6 - 2.9
Marital Status                  
Married 9,368 98.5 97.1 - 99.2 1.5 0.8 - 2.9
Other 4,192 89.5 85.0 - 92.8 10.5 7.2 - 15.1
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,654** 89.5 84.7 - 92.9 10.5 7.1 - 15.3
$16,000-24,999 1,459** 95.3 89.0 - 98.1 4.7 1.9 - 11.0
$25,000-39,999 2,620** 98.1 94.6 - 99.3 1.9 0.7 - 5.4
$40,000 or more 4,811** 99.6 97.8 - 99.9 0.4 0.1 - 2.2
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,652** 98.2 96.7 - 99.0 1.8 1.0 - 3.3
Yes 4,275** 90.8 86.6 - 93.7 9.2 6.3 - 13.4
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 8,054** 99.5 98.5 - 99.9 0.5 0.1 - 1.5
Yes 4,998** 89.6 85.7 - 92.6 10.4 7.5 - 14.3
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 819 94.6 92.8 - 96.1 5.4 4.0 - 7.2
2500 grams or more 12,761 95.8 94.1 - 97.1 4.2 2.9 - 5.9
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 (stressful) things that may have happened during the 12 months before
your new baby was born. j. You were in a physical fight
** 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