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Exercise Before Pregnancy
2008 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
      <1 day/week 1-4 days 5+
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,605 31.1 28.0 - 34.3 47.2 43.8 - 50.5 21.8 19.1 - 24.7
Age                            
<20 years 1,119 26.0 17.2 - 37.3 44.4 33.1 - 56.4 29.6 19.7 - 41.9
20-24 years 3,490 39.3 33.0 - 46.1 41.6 35.2 - 48.3 19.1 14.4 - 24.9
25-34 years 7,126 27.0 23.1 - 31.4 51.1 46.5 - 55.8 21.8 18.3 - 25.9
35+ years 1,867 33.5 25.8 - 42.2 45.0 36.6 - 53.7 21.5 15.1 - 29.7
Mother's Race                          
White 12,829 30.8 27.7 - 34.1 48.3 44.9 - 51.8 20.8 18.2 - 23.8
Black 367 # # - # # # - # # # - #
Other  390 39.3 22.8 - 58.7 22.4 10.6 - 41.4 38.2 21.6 - 58.1
Hispanic Origin                          
Yes 220^ # # - # # # - # # # - #
No 13365^ 30.6 27.6 - 33.8 47.4 44.0 - 50.7 22.1 19.4 - 25.0
Education                          
< High School 1,477 36.2 25.7 - 48.3 32.0 22.0 - 44.1 31.8 21.9 - 43.7
High School 4,605 37.1 31.6 - 43.0 44.2 38.4 - 50.2 18.7 14.4 - 23.8
> High School 7,523 26.1 22.5 - 30.0 52.0 47.7 - 56.2 21.9 18.6 - 25.7
Marital Status                          
Married 8,232 28.4 24.7 - 32.5 52.1 47.7 - 56.3 19.5 16.3 - 23.1
Other 5,372 34.7 29.8 - 39.9 40.5 35.4 - 45.8 24.9 20.5 - 29.8
Income                            
$14,999 or less 3,041** 33.1 26.8 - 40.2 44.1 37.1 - 51.3 22.8 17.2 - 29.5
$15,000-24,999 2,115** 35.7 27.9 - 44.3 45.5 37.2 - 54.0 18.9 13.2 - 26.2
$25,000-49,999 2,627** 31.1 24.8 - 38.3 51.4 44.1 - 58.6 17.5 12.7 - 23.7
$50,000 or more 4,277** 24.0 19.5 - 29.1 55.3 49.7 - 60.8 20.7 16.6 - 25.6
Enrolled in WIC                          
No 7,660** 27.1 23.4 - 31.1 50.4 46.1 - 54.7 22.5 19.1 - 26.3
Yes 5,355** 36.5 31.4 - 41.8 42.7 37.4 - 48.1 20.9 16.8 - 25.7
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                        
No 6,009** 25.1 21.2 - 29.5 54.1 49.3 - 58.8 20.8 17.2 - 24.9
Yes 7,062** 36.2 31.8 - 40.8 41.2 36.6 - 45.9 22.6 18.9 - 26.8
Infant's birth weight                          
<2500 grams 910 31.4 28.1 - 35.0 44.2 40.6 - 47.8 24.4 21.2 - 27.8
2500 grams or more 12,689 31.1 27.8 - 34.5 47.3 43.8 - 50.9 21.6 18.8 - 24.7
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 64:  During the 3 months before you got pregnant with your new baby,
how often did you participate in any physical activities or exercise for 30 minutes or more?
** 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 2008 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