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Maternal Feelings Regarding Pregnancy*
2003 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        Sooner   Later       Then     Did Not Want
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI   %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,851 19.5 17.1 - 22.2 26.6 23.7 - 29.8 46.9 43.6 - 50.3 6.9 5.4 - 8.8
Age                                    
<20 years 1,141 6.8 2.4 - 17.7 75.5 63.2 - 84.7 15.6 8.7 - 26.4 2.1 0.4 - 9.9
20-24 years 3,389 10.5 6.9 - 15.5 44.5 37.6 - 51.6 36.8 30.3 - 43.9 8.2 5.0 - 13.4
25-34 years 7,370 21.9 18.5 - 25.8 16.5 13.5 - 20.1 56.0 51.6 - 60.3 5.6 3.9 - 8.0
35+ years 1,950 32.3 25.1 - 40.5 7.9 4.3 - 13.9 47.3 39.1 - 55.7 12.5 7.7 - 19.6
Mother's Race                                  
White 13,330 19.6 17.1 - 22.4 26.5 23.5 - 29.6 47.4 44.1 - 50.8 6.5 5.1 - 8.4
Black 182 # # - # # # - # # # - # # # - #
Other 309 7.4 1.8 - 26.2 40.2 20.1 - 64.3 38.0 18.5 - 62.3 14.3 3.7 - 42.3
Hispanic Origin                                  
Yes 166^ # # - # # # - # # # - # # # - #
No 13,666 19.4 16.9 - 22.1 26.7 23.7 - 29.8 47.1 43.8 - 50.5 6.8 5.3 - 8.7
Education                                  
< High School 1,467 12.9 6.8 - 23.1 55.6 43.7 - 66.9 22.8 14.4 - 34.1 8.7 3.9 - 18.4
High School 4,756 15.7 12.0 - 20.2 34.8 29.4 - 40.5 40.5 35.0 - 46.3 9.0 6.2 - 13.0
>High School 7,491 23.0 19.6 - 26.7 15.7 12.9 - 19.1 55.9 51.6 - 60.1 5.4 3.8 - 7.7
Marital Status                                  
Married 9,210 24.4 21.2 - 27.9 13.3 10.8 - 16.2 57.3 53.4 - 61.2 5.0 3.5 - 7.1
Other 4,640 10.0 6.9 - 14.2 52.9 46.8 - 59.0 26.5 21.5 - 32.2 10.6 7.5 - 15.0
Income                                    
$15,999 or less 3,480** 14.5 10.2 - 20.3 50.0 43.1 - 56.9 21.9 16.8 - 28.0 13.6 9.5 - 19.0
$16,000-24,999 1,753** 14.0 9.0 - 21.1 33.5 25.3 - 42.9 45.0 36.1 - 54.3 7.5 3.9 - 13.9
$25,000-39,999 2,262** 17.9 12.7 - 24.6 21.6 15.8 - 28.8 54.5 46.6 - 62.2 6.1 3.2 - 11.3
$40,000 or more 5,227** 26.4 22.2 - 31.0 10.7 7.9 - 14.2 59.6 54.6 - 64.4 3.4 2.0 - 5.7
Enrolled in WIC                                  
No 8,691** 22.6 19.5 - 26.1 18.9 15.9 - 22.4 53.6 49.6 - 57.6 4.8 3.4 - 6.8
Yes 4,493** 13.1 9.6 - 17.6 42.2 36.4 - 48.2 33.6 28.3 - 39.5 11.1 7.8 - 15.6
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                                
No 7,586** 23.5 20.1 - 27.2 13.8 11.0 - 17.1 59.0 54.8 - 63.1 3.8 2.5 - 5.7
Yes 5,658** 14.2 10.9 - 18.3 44.0 38.8 - 49.3 30.7 26.1 - 35.7 11.2 8.2 - 15.0
Infant's birth weight                                  
<2500 grams 904 23.4 20.8 - 26.3 29.8 26.8 - 33.0 38.0 34.8 - 41.2 8.8 7.1 - 11.0
2500 grams or more 12,940 19.3 16.7 - 22.2 26.4 23.3 - 29.8 47.5 44.0 - 51.0 6.8 5.2 - 8.9
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 10: Thinking back to just before you got pregnant, how did you feel about becoming pregnant?
** 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 2003 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