Maternal Feelings Regarding Pregnancy*
1999 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
				Sooner				Later				Then				Did Not Want
Groups		Population	%		CI		%		CI		%		CI		%		CI
	Total	13,604	19.9	17.2	-	22.5	26.5	23.6	-	29.5	46.2	42.9	-	49.5	7.5	5.7	-	9.2
Age
	<20 years	1,322	3.1	0.0	-	6.9	65.9	55.5	-	76.3	20.1	11.2	-	29.0	10.8	4.1	-	17.6
	20-24 years	3,313	12.9	8.3	-	17.5	39.1	32.4	-	45.9	39.3	32.6	-	46.1	8.7	4.7	-	12.6
	25-34 years	7,236	22.7	19.0	-	26.4	18.9	15.4	-	22.4	52.8	48.4	-	57.3	5.6	3.5	-	7.6
	35+ years	1,733	32.3	23.7	-	40.8	7.7	2.8	-	12.6	49.1	39.9	-	58.4	10.9	5.1	-	16.7
Mother's Race
	White	13,198	19.8	17.2	-	22.5	26.5	23.5	-	29.4	46.5	43.1	-	49.8	7.3	5.5	-	9.0
	Black	105	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	Other	270	23.1	1.5	-	44.7	15.7	0.0	-	35.0	44.6	18.8	-	70.3	16.7	0.0	-	35.9
Hispanic Origin
	Yes	134^	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	12,771^	20.2	17.5	-	22.9	25.9	22.9	-	28.8	46.7	43.3	-	50.1	7.2	5.4	-	9.0
Education
	< High School	1,474	11.1	4.8	-	17.4	53.4	43.2	-	63.6	24.9	16.1	-	33.7	10.7	4.4	-	16.9
	High School	5,093	17.2	13.0	-	21.3	29.2	24.3	-	34.2	43.3	37.9	-	48.7	10.3	7.0	-	13.6
	>High School	6,936	23.7	19.9	-	27.6	18.7	15.1	-	22.2	52.9	48.3	-	57.4	4.8	2.8	-	6.8
Marital Status
	Married	9,354	25.3	21.9	-	28.7	17.1	14.1	-	20.1	52.9	48.9	-	56.8	4.7	3.0	-	6.4
	Other	4,250	7.1	4.1	-	10.1	48.4	42.3	-	54.5	30.5	24.8	-	36.1	14.0	9.8	-	18.2
Income
	$15,999 or less	3,593**	12.8	8.5	-	17.1	43.4	37.0	-	49.9	32.7	26.6	-	38.8	11.1	7.0	-	15.2
	$16,000-24,999	1,786**	15.3	8.7	-	21.8	39.6	30.5	-	48.6	35.4	26.6	-	44.1	9.8	4.3	-	15.3
	$25,000-39,999	2,670**	18.4	12.7	-	24.0	22.0	16.0	-	28.0	54.6	47.3	-	61.9	5.1	1.8	-	8.4
	$40,000 or more	4,684**	27.6	22.9	-	32.4	12.4	8.9	-	16.0	54.2	48.8	-	59.5	5.8	3.2	-	8.3
WIC Recipient
	No	8,842**	22.0	18.7	-	25.2	18.8	15.7	-	22.0	52.5	48.5	-	56.4	6.7	4.7	-	8.7
	Yes	4,153**	15.0	10.7	-	19.3	44.6	38.6	-	50.6	31.1	25.5	-	36.8	9.3	5.8	-	12.8
Medicaid Recipient
	No	8,545**	23.5	20.1	-	26.9	17.9	14.8	-	21.0	52.9	48.9	-	57.0	5.7	3.8	-	7.6
	Yes	4,476**	12.2	8.5	-	16.0	44.4	38.6	-	50.2	32.2	26.7	-	37.6	11.2	7.5	-	14.9
Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	822	25.3	22.2	-	28.4	26.3	23.1	-	29.6	39.8	36.3	-	43.3	8.6	6.5	-	10.6
	2500 grams or more	12,776	19.6	16.8	-	22.3	26.5	23.4	-	29.6	46.5	43.0	-	50.0	7.4	5.5	-	9.3
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 5: 5. 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 1999 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