Maternal Feelings Regarding Pregnancy*
2000 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
				Sooner				Later				Then			Did Not Want
Demographic Groups		Population	%		CI		%		CI		%		CI		%		CI
	Total	13,590	20.8	18.3	-	23.6	28.2	25.3	-	31.3	44.3	41.1	-	47.6	6.8	5.3	-	8.6
Age
	<20 years	1,272	2.3	0.5	-	9.5	69.1	57.6	-	78.6	21.0	13.0	-	32.1	7.7	3.7	-	15.5
	20-24 years	3,351	16.1	11.6	-	21.8	40.8	34.4	-	47.7	38.0	31.6	-	44.7	5.2	2.9	-	9.0
	25-34 years	7,088	23.3	19.7	-	27.2	19.8	16.4	-	23.6	50.5	46.1	-	55.0	6.5	4.6	-	9.1
	35+ years	1,875	32.4	24.8	-	41.1	10.1	5.9	-	16.8	47.2	38.7	-	55.9	10.3	6.1	-	16.7
Mother's Race
	White	13,144	20.4	17.9	-	23.2	28.2	25.3	-	31.4	44.8	41.5	-	48.1	6.6	5.1	-	8.4
	Black	122	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	Other	308	37.2	19.3	-	59.5	27.2	12.1	-	50.3	25.3	10.7	-	49.0	10.3	2.7	-	32.4
Hispanic Origin
	Yes	138^	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	13,441^	20.9	18.3	-	23.7	28.0	25.1	-	31.1	44.3	41.0	-	47.6	6.9	5.4	-	8.7
Education
	< High School	1,471	16.0	9.7	-	25.3	43.0	33.1	-	53.4	32.4	23.4	-	42.8	8.7	4.4	-	16.4
	High School	4,894	16.2	12.6	-	20.6	36.5	31.4	-	41.9	38.4	33.2	-	43.8	9.0	6.4	-	12.5
	>High School	7,065	25.1	21.4	-	29.2	17.8	14.6	-	21.6	52.4	47.9	-	56.8	4.7	3.1	-	7.0
Marital Status
	Married	9,368	25.0	21.8	-	28.4	17.4	14.6	-	20.6	52.0	48.2	-	55.9	5.7	4.1	-	7.8
	Other	4,192	11.2	7.8	-	15.8	53.1	46.9	-	59.2	26.5	21.3	-	32.3	9.3	6.4	-	13.4
Income
	$15,999 or less	3,654**	11.9	8.3	-	16.9	46.9	40.5	-	53.3	29.8	24.2	-	36.1	11.4	8.0	-	16.0
	$16,000-24,999	1,459**	20.0	13.2	-	29.0	32.3	23.8	-	42.2	43.2	33.9	-	53.0	4.5	1.9	-	10.1
	$25,000-39,999	2,620**	19.3	14.2	-	25.8	29.5	23.2	-	36.7	43.8	36.7	-	51.2	7.3	4.3	-	12.1
	$40,000 or more	4,811**	28.7	24.2	-	33.7	10.6	7.8	-	14.3	56.4	51.2	-	61.5	4.3	2.5	-	7.1
Enrolled in WIC
	No	8,652**	24.6	21.4	-	28.2	18.8	15.8	-	22.2	51.3	47.3	-	55.2	5.3	3.8	-	7.4
	Yes	4,275**	13.1	9.6	-	17.6	46.9	41.1	-	52.8	30.5	25.4	-	36.2	9.5	6.6	-	13.4
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid
	No	8,054**	27.7	24.2	-	31.6	15.5	12.7	-	18.8	51.6	47.5	-	55.7	5.2	3.6	-	7.3
	Yes	4,998**	9.7	6.9	-	13.5	48.3	42.9	-	53.8	32.7	27.7	-	38.0	9.3	6.7	-	12.9
Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	819	21.0	18.4	-	23.9	27.5	24.5	-	30.7	38.9	35.6	-	42.2	12.6	10.4	-	15.2
	2500 grams or more	12,761	20.8	18.1	-	23.7	28.2	25.1	-	31.5	44.6	41.2	-	48.1	6.4	4.9	-	8.4
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 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