Maternal Feelings Regarding Pregnancy - Division of Public Health Systems | MeCDC

Maternal Feelings Regarding Pregnancy*

2005 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

				Sooner				Later				Then			Did Not Want
Demographic Groups		Population	%		CI		%		CI		%		CI		%		CI
	Total	14,110	17.4	15.1	-	20.0	29.9	26.9	-	33.1	45.5	42.2	-	48.8	7.2	5.7	-	9.1
Age
	<20 years	1,122	8.1	3.2	-	19.1	54.2	39.9	-	67.8	34.0	21.8	-	48.8	3.7	1.1	-	11.8
	20-24 years	3,506	11.6	8.0	-	16.5	45.0	38.6	-	51.6	37.2	31.0	-	43.7	6.3	3.7	-	10.3
	25-34 years	7,467	18.9	15.7	-	22.5	23.9	20.2	-	27.9	50.5	46.1	-	54.9	6.8	4.8	-	9.5
	35+ years	2,013	27.9	20.9	-	36.1	12.2	7.6	-	19.0	47.5	39.2	-	55.9	12.5	7.8	-	19.5

Mother's Race
	White	13,467	17.0	14.7	-	19.6	30.1	27.1	-	33.3	45.8	42.5	-	49.1	7.1	5.5	-	9.0
	Black	259	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	Other	358	35.0	14.8	-	62.5	10.5	2.8	-	32.7	44.0	21.1	-	69.8	10.5	3.7	-	42.7

Hispanic Origin
	Yes	179^	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	13,905^	17.5	15.2	-	20.1	29.7	26.7	-	32.9	45.6	42.3	-	48.9	7.3	5.7	-	9.2

Education
	< High School	1,539	9.5	4.9	-	17.5	44.5	34.0	-	55.5	38.8	28.7	-	49.8	7.3	3.6	-	14.3
	High School	4,747	16.9	12.9	-	21.8	35.6	30.0	-	41.6	38.7	32.9	-	44.7	8.9	6.0	-	12.9
	>High School	7,783	19.4	16.4	-	22.8	23.4	20.0	-	27.1	51.0	46.9	-	55.2	6.2	4.4	-	8.6

Marital Status
	Married	9,182	24.2	21.0	-	27.8	18.2	15.2	-	21.5	54.0	50.0	-	57.9	3.7	2.4	-	5.5
	Other	4,922	5.3	3.4	-	8.3	50.8	45.1	-	56.5	30.4	25.3	-	35.9	13.5	10.1	-	17.8

Income
	$14,999 or less	3,704**	8.4	5.4	-	12.7	46.4	39.8	-	53.0	33.1	27.2	-	39.7	12.2	8.5	-	17.2
	$15,000-24,999	1,762**	12.9	7.8	-	20.5	32.7	24.6	-	42.0	45.5	36.5	-	54.9	8.9	4.9	-	15.7
	$25,000-49,999	3,580**	16.3	12.1	-	21.4	28.4	22.9	-	34.6	50.0	43.6	-	56.4	5.3	3.1	-	8.9
	$50,000 or more	4,501**	27.5	23.0	-	32.5	16.6	12.9	-	21.1	51.8	46.4	-	57.2	4.1	2.4	-	6.9

Enrolled in WIC
	No	8,572**	21.5	18.4	-	24.9	23.4	20.1	-	27.2	48.8	44.8	-	52.8	6.3	4.6	-	8.6
	Yes	4,878**	10.2	7.3	-	14.1	40.8	35.3	-	46.5	40.5	35.0	-	46.2	8.5	5.8	-	12.2

Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid
	No	7,062**	25.2	21.6	-	29.2	19.8	16.4	-	23.6	51.2	46.8	-	55.5	3.9	2.5	-	5.9
	Yes	6,485**	8.8	6.5	-	12.0	41.1	36.3	-	46.0	39.2	34.5	-	44.1	10.9	8.2	-	14.4

Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	963	22.6	19.9	-	25.7	31.1	27.8	-	34.5	36.0	32.7	-	39.4	10.3	8.2	-	12.9
	2500 grams or more	13,140	17.0	14.6	-	19.8	29.9	26.7	-	33.2	46.1	42.6	-	49.6	7.0	5.4	-	9.1

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 11: 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 2005 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