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Exercise Before Pregnancy
2007 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
      <1 day/week 1-4 days 5+
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 14,110 27.4 24.6 - 30.5 54.2 50.8 - 57.5 18.4 15.9 - 21.1
Age                            
<20 years 1,176 18.1 10.4 - 29.6 52.7 40.3 - 64.9 29.2 19.2 - 41.6
20-24 years 3,620 28.0 22.5 - 34.4 55.8 49.0 - 62.4 16.2 11.8 - 21.9
25-34 years 7,307 28.0 24.0 - 32.3 53.2 48.6 - 57.7 18.9 15.6 - 22.7
35+ years 2,007 30.3 23.1 - 38.6 55.8 47.3 - 63.9 14.0 9.1 - 20.9
Mother's Race                          
White 13,392 27.1 24.2 - 30.2 54.0 50.6 - 57.4 18.9 16.4 - 21.7
Black 330 # # - # # # - # # # - #
Other  373 33.8 15.2 - 59.2 66.2 40.8 - 84.8 0.0 0.0 - 0.0
Hispanic Origin                          
Yes 208^ # # - # # # - # # # - #
No 13,871^ 27.5 24.6 - 30.6 54.2 50.8 - 57.5 18.4 15.9 - 21.1
Education                          
< High School 1,490 23.3 14.7 - 35.0 57.0 44.6 - 68.6 19.7 11.6 - 31.3
High School 4,761 31.4 26.2 - 37.1 46.5 40.7 - 52.4 22.1 17.6 - 27.4
> High School 7,798 26.1 22.5 - 30.0 57.7 53.4 - 61.8 16.2 13.3 - 19.6
Marital Status                          
Married 8,592 25.9 22.4 - 29.6 56.1 52.0 - 60.2 18.0 15.1 - 21.4
Other 5,515 29.8 24.9 - 35.1 51.3 45.6 - 56.9 19.0 14.9 - 23.8
Income                            
$14,999 or less 4,090** 25.1 19.4 - 31.9 54.2 46.9 - 61.4 20.7 15.3 - 27.3
$15,000-24,999 1,821** 44.6 35.6 - 53.9 39.6 31.0 - 49.0 15.8 10.1 - 23.8
$25,000-49,999 3,054** 31.8 25.8 - 38.5 51.8 45.0 - 58.5 16.4 12.0 - 22.1
$50,000 or more 4,547** 20.2 16.2 - 24.9 61.7 56.3 - 66.9 18.1 14.3 - 22.7
Enrolled in WIC                          
No 8,149** 26.0 22.5 - 29.8 56.8 52.6 - 60.8 17.3 14.4 - 20.7
Yes 5,221** 30.0 25.2 - 35.3 49.5 43.9 - 55.2 20.5 16.3 - 25.4
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                        
No 6,485** 25.3 21.5 - 29.5 58.8 54.2 - 63.2 15.9 12.9 - 19.6
Yes 7,027** 29.4 25.2 - 34.0 49.9 45.1 - 54.7 20.7 17.0 - 24.9
Infant's birth weight                          
<2500 grams 892 32.6 29.4 - 35.9 49.9 46.4 - 53.4 17.6 15.1 - 20.4
2500 grams or more 13,207 27.1 24.1 - 30.4 54.4 50.9 - 57.9 18.4 15.8 - 21.4
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 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 2007 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