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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 | ||||||||||||||