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Did Mother Participate in Any Exercise Program Before Pregnancy?*
2002 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,546 63.1 60.0 - 66.3 36.9 33.7 - 40.0
Age                    
<20 years 1,147 74.1 63.2 - 85.0 25.9 15.0 - 36.8
20-24 years 3,364 74.4 68.5 - 80.3 25.6 19.7 - 31.5
25-34 years 7,149 59.7 55.5 - 63.9 40.3 36.1 - 44.5
35+ years 1,886 47.8 38.3 - 57.2 52.2 42.8 - 61.7
Mother's Race                  
White 13,013 62.6 59.4 - 65.9 37.4 34.1 - 40.6
Black 171 # # - # # # - #
Other 337 76.6 54.9 - 98.2 23.4 1.8 - 45.1
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 168^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,373^ 62.8 59.6 - 66.0 37.2 34.0 - 40.4
Education                  
< High School 1,427 79.3 70.2 - 88.4 20.7 11.6 - 29.8
High School 4,772 75.9 71.1 - 80.8 24.1 19.2 - 28.9
> High School 7,277 50.7 46.4 - 55.1 49.3 44.9 - 53.6
Marital Status                  
Married 9,130 57.5 53.6 - 61.4 42.5 38.6 - 46.4
Other 4,417 74.3 69.1 - 79.5 25.7 20.5 - 30.9
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,227** 78.7 73.1 - 84.4 21.3 15.6 - 26.9
$16,000-24,999 1,461** 73.5 64.8 - 82.1 26.5 17.9 - 35.2
$25,000-39,999 2,076** 69.4 62.1 - 76.8 30.6 23.2 - 37.9
$40,000 or more 5,632** 49.2 44.4 - 54.1 50.8 45.9 - 55.6
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,719** 55.4 51.5 - 59.3 44.6 40.7 - 48.5
Yes 4,223** 79.0 74.1 - 83.9 21.0 16.1 - 25.9
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 7,899** 54.2 50.1 - 58.3 45.8 41.7 - 49.9
Yes 5,080** 77.0 72.4 - 81.6 23.0 18.4 - 27.6
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 855 69.9 66.7 - 73.0 30.2 27.0 - 33.3
2500 grams or more 12,688 62.8 59.4 - 66.1 37.2 33.9 - 40.6
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 72: Before your pregnancy, did you participate in any regular exercise program?
   
** 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 2002 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