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

Maternal Feelings Regarding Pregnancy*

2006 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

				Sooner				Later				Then			Did Not Want
Demographic Groups		Population	%		CI		%		CI		%		CI		%		CI
	Total	14,152	17.2	14.9	-	19.8	30.3	27.2	-	33.6	44.3	41.1	-	47.7	8.2	6.5	-	10.3
Age
	<20 years	1,135	6.3	1.7	-	20.8	65.0	49.6	-	77.8	18.4	9.7	-	32.0	10.3	3.9	-	24.7
	20-24 years	3,580	9.7	6.5	-	14.3	46.5	39.9	-	53.2	36.4	30.3	-	43.0	7.4	4.6	-	11.8
	25-34 years	7,399	19.8	16.5	-	23.5	22.3	18.8	-	26.3	50.8	46.4	-	55.3	7.0	5.0	-	9.9
	35+ years	2,037	26.9	20.1	-	35.0	12.4	7.7	-	19.5	47.7	39.3	-	56.3	13.0	8.1	-	20.1

Mother's Race
	White	13,494	17.2	14.8	-	19.8	29.9	26.8	-	33.2	44.8	41.4	-	48.2	8.1	6.4	-	10.3
	Black	299	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	Other	344	15.8	14.8	-	34.1	43.4	25.4	-	63.3	35.6	19.2	-	56.2	5.3	3.7	-	22.2

Hispanic Origin
	Yes	221^	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	13,908^	17.1	6.3	-	19.7	30.5	27.4	-	33.8	44.2	40.9	-	47.5	8.2	1.1	-	10.4

Education
	< High School	1,526	13.9	7.3	-	24.7	50.2	38.0	-	62.5	21.5	13.2	-	33.0	14.4	7.6	-	25.7
	High School	4,759	15.5	11.8	-	20.1	37.3	31.7	-	43.2	36.9	31.4	-	42.7	10.3	7.3	-	14.5
	>High School	7,786	18.7	15.7	-	22.2	22.8	19.4	-	26.6	52.6	48.4	-	56.8	5.9	4.1	-	8.3

Marital Status
	Married	8,934	23.0	19.8	-	26.6	18.0	15.0	-	21.4	53.7	49.7	-	57.8	5.2	3.7	-	7.4
	Other	5,216	8.3	5.7	-	12.1	48.9	43.2	-	54.6	30.2	25.2	-	35.6	12.6	9.2	-	17.0

Income
	$14,999 or less	3,819**	13.7	9.8	-	18.9	46.0	39.3	-	52.9	28.2	22.6	-	34.5	12.1	8.2	-	17.4
	$15,000-24,999	1,780**	13.4	8.3	-	21.0	41.2	32.5	-	50.5	35.3	27.2	-	44.5	10.1	5.6	-	17.5
	$25,000-49,999	3,115**	14.9	10.8	-	20.1	26.1	20.5	-	32.5	50.2	43.5	-	56.9	8.9	5.7	-	13.5
	$50,000 or more	4,705**	22.9	18.8	-	27.7	16.3	12.6	-	20.8	57.0	51.6	-	62.2	3.9	2.2	-	6.6

Enrolled in WIC
	No	8,336**	20.3	17.3	-	23.7	23.0	19.6	-	26.7	50.5	46.4	-	54.5	6.3	4.5	-	8.7
	Yes	5,000**	12.2	8.9	-	16.5	41.8	36.2	-	47.6	34.9	29.7	-	40.5	11.1	7.9	-	15.4

Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid
	No	7,171**	22.4	19.0	-	26.2	18.7	15.5	-	22.4	54.5	50.1	-	58.8	4.5	2.9	-	6.7
	Yes	6,249**	11.2	8.4	-	14.8	43.6	38.6	-	48.9	32.7	28.1	-	37.6	12.5	9.4	-	16.4

Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	966	23.7	20.9	-	26.7	28.8	25.8	-	32.0	38.5	35.3	-	41.9	9.0	7.2	-	11.2
	2500 grams or more	13,184	16.8	14.3	-	19.5	30.4	27.2	-	33.9	44.7	41.2	-	48.3	8.1	6.3	-	10.4

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 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 2006 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




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