Maternal Feelings Regarding Pregnancy*
2001 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
				Sooner				Later				Then			Did Not Want
Groups		Population	%		CI		%		CI		%		CI		%		CI
	Total	13,750	19.6	17.1	-	22.2	29.6	26.6	-	32.6	43.7	40.4	-	46.9	7.1	5.4	-	8.8
Age
	<20 years	1,215	0.2	0.0	-	0.4	59.6	47.4	-	71.8	28.6	17.4	-	39.9	11.6	3.7	-	19.5
	20-24 years	3,376	11.3	7.1	-	15.4	46.8	40.3	-	53.4	36.6	30.2	-	43.0	5.3	2.3	-	8.3
	25-34 years	7,248	22.8	19.2	-	26.5	21.6	18.0	-	25.2	49.6	45.2	-	54.0	6.0	3.9	-	8.1
	35+ years	1,909	35.0	26.6	-	43.4	9.9	4.5	-	15.4	42.9	34.1	-	51.8	12.1	6.3	-	18.0
Mother's Race
	White	13,231	19.4	16.8	-	22.0	29.8	26.7	-	32.8	43.6	40.3	-	46.9	7.3	5.5	-	9.0
	Black	153	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	Other	354	40.9	14.5	-	67.2	14.2	-5.1	-	33.5	44.9	17.9	-	71.9	0.0	0.0	-	0.0
Hispanic Origin
	Yes	178^	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	13,555^	19.6	17.1	-	22.2	29.4	26.3	-	32.4	43.8	40.5	-	47.0	7.2	5.5	-	8.9
Education
	< High School	1,424	6.5	0.9	-	12.0	51.5	40.2	-	62.7	30.3	19.9	-	40.7	11.8	4.6	-	19.0
	High School	4,918	16.2	12.3	-	20.2	29.6	24.6	-	34.7	44.4	38.9	-	49.9	9.8	6.5	-	13.0
	>High School	7,278	25.0	21.2	-	28.7	25.1	21.4	-	28.9	46.0	41.7	-	50.4	3.9	2.2	-	5.5
Marital Status
	Married	9,387	24.9	21.6	-	28.3	18.7	15.7	-	21.7	50.8	46.9	-	54.7	5.6	3.7	-	7.4
	Other	4,359	7.3	4.3	-	10.3	54.9	48.8	-	61.0	27.0	21.6	-	32.5	10.8	7.1	-	14.6
Income
	$15,999 or less	3,234**	8.1	4.5	-	11.7	47.1	40.3	-	53.9	31.4	25.0	-	37.8	13.4	8.8	-	18.0
	$16,000-24,999	1,821**	15.2	9.0	-	21.4	39.3	30.5	-	48.1	39.1	30.4	-	47.9	6.4	2.1	-	10.7
	$25,000-39,999	2,607**	19.8	14.0	-	25.6	23.4	17.3	-	29.5	46.7	39.4	-	54.0	10.1	5.6	-	14.7
	$40,000 or more	5,104**	29.2	24.6	-	33.9	16.5	12.7	-	20.3	52.2	47.1	-	57.4	2.1	0.6	-	3.5
Enrolled in WIC
	No	8,872**	24.4	21.0	-	27.7	22.5	19.2	-	25.8	46.8	42.9	-	50.7	6.3	4.4	-	8.3
	Yes	4,237**	9.8	6.4	-	13.1	44.0	38.0	-	49.9	37.4	31.6	-	43.2	8.9	5.5	-	12.3
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid
	No	8,181**	27.0	23.4	-	30.6	19.3	16.1	-	22.5	48.5	44.4	-	52.6	5.2	3.3	-	7.0
	Yes	4,981**	7.4	4.7	-	10.2	46.5	41.0	-	52.0	35.7	30.4	-	41.0	10.4	7.0	-	13.7
Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	831	24.1	21.2	-	26.9	32.3	29.0	-	35.7	33.5	30.3	-	36.7	10.1	7.9	-	12.3
	2500 grams or more	12,909	19.4	16.7	-	22.1	29.4	26.3	-	32.6	44.2	40.8	-	47.7	7.0	5.2	-	8.8
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 2001 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