Maternal Feelings Regarding Pregnancy*
2002 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
				Sooner				Later				Then			Did Not Want
Demographic Groups		Population	%		CI		%		CI		%		CI		%		CI
	Total	13,546	20.8	18.1	-	23.5	26.7	23.7	-	29.7	45.9	42.6	-	49.2	6.7	4.9	-	8.4
Age
	<20 years	1,147	8.1	1.4	-	14.7	64.2	52.2	-	76.1	20.6	10.5	-	30.7	7.2	1.0	-	13.5
	20-24 years	3,364	11.6	7.2	-	16.1	42.3	35.5	-	49.1	36.0	29.4	-	42.6	10.1	5.7	-	14.4
	25-34 years	7,149	23.4	19.8	-	27.1	18.4	15.0	-	21.8	53.0	48.7	-	57.3	5.2	3.2	-	7.2
	35+ years	1,886	37.1	27.7	-	46.4	6.0	1.6	-	10.3	50.8	41.2	-	60.4	6.1	1.5	-	10.7
Mother's Race
	White	13,013	20.9	18.1	-	23.6	26.2	23.2	-	29.2	46.3	43.0	-	49.6	6.6	4.9	-	8.3
	Black	171	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	Other	337	14.9	0.0	-	33.6	56.7	29.7	-	83.7	27.1	2.1	-	52.1	1.3	0.0	-	3.1
Hispanic Origin
	Yes	168^	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	13,373^	20.9	18.2	-	23.6	26.7	23.7	-	29.7	45.6	42.3	-	48.9	6.7	5.0	-	8.4
Education
	< High School	1,427	10.6	3.8	-	17.4	49.4	38.1	-	60.7	28.0	17.8	-	38.3	12.0	4.7	-	19.3
	High School	4,772	22.6	17.8	-	27.3	29.5	24.3	-	34.6	38.9	33.4	-	44.3	9.1	5.9	-	12.4
	>High School	7,277	21.3	17.8	-	24.9	20.1	16.6	-	23.6	54.7	50.4	-	59.1	3.8	2.1	-	5.5
Marital Status
	Married	9,130	25.0	21.5	-	28.4	16.9	13.9	-	19.9	55.1	51.2	-	59.1	3.0	1.6	-	4.4
	Other	4,417	12.5	8.5	-	16.4	46.3	40.3	-	52.2	27.4	22.1	-	32.7	13.9	9.7	-	18.0
Income
	$15,999 or less	3,227**	12.7	8.0	-	17.3	46.3	39.4	-	53.3	26.2	20.1	-	32.3	14.8	9.8	-	19.7
	$16,000-24,999	1,461**	14.1	7.4	-	20.8	36.9	27.3	-	46.4	42.3	32.4	-	52.1	6.8	1.7	-	11.8
	$25,000-39,999	2,076**	26.4	19.3	-	33.6	18.2	11.8	-	24.5	48.8	40.7	-	57.0	6.5	2.4	-	10.7
	$40,000 or more	5,632**	25.9	21.6	-	30.1	15.1	11.6	-	18.6	57.5	52.7	-	62.3	1.6	0.4	-	2.8
Enrolled in WIC
	No	8,719**	23.9	20.5	-	27.2	20.1	16.9	-	23.3	51.0	47.0	-	54.9	5.1	3.2	-	6.9
	Yes	4,223**	14.5	10.3	-	18.8	40.3	34.2	-	46.3	35.6	29.7	-	41.4	9.6	6.1	-	13.2
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid
	No	7,899**	26.5	22.8	-	30.1	17.6	14.4	-	20.7	53.3	49.2	-	57.4	2.7	1.2	-	4.1
	Yes	5,080**	12.0	8.4	-	15.5	40.9	35.5	-	46.4	34.3	29.1	-	39.5	12.8	9.2	-	16.5
Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	855	19.9	17.1	-	22.7	27.4	24.2	-	30.6	44.3	40.8	-	47.8	8.4	6.4	-	10.4
	2500 grams or more	12,688	20.9	18.0	-	23.7	26.6	23.5	-	29.8	46.0	42.5	-	49.4	6.6	4.7	-	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 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