Oregon PRAMS Results

QUESTION LIST:

• ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION
  • During the 3 months before you got pregnant, how many alcoholic drinks did you have in an average week?   1998-99^  2000^  2001^  2002*  2003*
  • During the 3 months before you got pregnant, how many times did you drink 5 or more alcoholic drinks at one sitting?   1998-99^
  • During the 3 months before you got pregnant, did you drink 5 or more alcoholic drinks at one sitting?   2000^  2001^
  • During the 3 months before you got pregnant, how many times did you drink 5 or more alcoholic drinks at one sitting?   2000^  2001^  2002*  2003*
  • During the last 3 months of your pregnancy, how many alcoholic drinks did you have in an average week?   1998-99^  2000^  2001^  2002*  2003*
  • During the last 3 months of your pregnancy, how many times did you drink 5 or more alcoholic drinks at one sitting?   1998-99^
  • During the last 3 months of your pregnancy, did you drink 5 or more alcoholic drinks at one sitting?   2000^  2001^
  • During the last 3 months of your pregnancy, how many times did you drink 5 or more alcoholic drinks at one sitting?   2000^  2001^  2002*  2003*
  
  
• BIRTH CERTIFICATE VARIABLES
  • Mother's Age   2001^   2002*  2003*
  • Maternal Education   2001^   2002*  2003*
  • Mother's Race/Ethnicity as defined by CDC for PRAMS   2001^   2002*  2003*
  • Prenatal Care Initiation   2001^   2002*  2003*
  • Birthweight   2001^  2002*  2003*
  • Marital Status   2001^   2002*  2003*
  • WIC Enrollment   2001^   2002*  2003*
  • Parity   2001^   2002*  2003*
  • Tobacco Use During Pregnancy   2001^   2002*  2003*
  • Alcohol Use During Pregnancy   2001^   2002*  2003*
  
  
• BREAST-FEEDING
  • Did you ever breastfeed or pump breast milk to feed your new baby after delivery?   2000^  2001^  2002*  2003*
  • Are you still breastfeeding or feeding pumped milk to your new baby?   2000^  2001^  2002*  2003*
  • For how many weeks did you breast-feed your new baby?   1998-99^
  • How many weeks or months did you breastfeed or pump milk to feed your new baby?   2000^  2001^  2002*  2003*
  • How many weeks old was your baby the first time you fed him or her anything besides breast milk?   1998-99^
  • How old was your baby the first time you fed him or her anything besides breast milk?   2000^  2001^  2002*  2003*
  • This question asks about things that may have happened at the hospital where your new baby was born:
    • Hospital staff gave you information about breast-feeding   1998-99^
    • Your baby stayed in the same room with you at the hospital   1998-99^
    • You breast-fed your baby in the hospital   1998-99^
    • Hospital staff helped you learn how to breast-feed   1998-99^
    • Your baby was fed only breast milk at the hospital   1998-99^
    • Hospital staff told you to breast-feed whenever your baby wanted   1998-99^
    • The hospital gave you a gift pack with formula   1998-99^
    • The hospital gave you a telephone number to call for help about breast-feeding   1998-99^
  • This question asks about things that may have happened at the hospital or birthing center where your new baby was born:
    • Staff gave you information about breast-feeding   2000^  2001^
    • Your baby stayed in the same room with you   2000^  2001^
    • You breast-fed your baby   2000^  2001^
    • Staff helped you learn how to breast-feed   2000^  2001^
    • Your baby was fed only breast milk   2000^  2001^
    • Staff told you to breast-feed whenever your baby wanted   2000^  2001^
    • The staff gave you a gift pack with formula   2000^  2001^
    • The staff gave you a telephone number to call for help about breast-feeding   2000^  2001^
  • This question asks about things that may have happened at the hospital where your new baby was born:
    • Hospital staff gave me information about breastfeeding   2002*  2003*
    • My baby stayed in the same room with me at the hospital   2002*  2003*
    • I breastfed my baby in the hospital   2002*  2003*
    • I breastfed my baby in the first hour after my baby was born   2002*  2003*
    • Hospital staff helped me learn how to breastfeed   2002*  2003*
    • My baby was fed only breast milk at the hospital   2002*  2003*
    • Hospital staff told me to breastfeed whenever my baby wanted   2002*  2003*
    • The hospital gave me a gift pack with formula   2002*  2003*
    • The hospital gave me a telephone number to call for help with breastfeeding   2002*  2003*
    • My baby used a pacifier in the hospital   2002*  2003*
  • During your most recent pregnancy, what did you think about breast-feeding your new baby?   1998-99^  2000^  2001^
  • Did any of these things prevent you from breast-feeding or stop you after you had started?   1998-99^  2000^  2001^
  • What were your reasons for stopping breastfeeding?   2002*  2003*
  
  
• CHILD SAFETY
  • Your infant was brought home from the hospital in an infant car seat   1998-99^  2000^  2001^
  • Your baby always rides in an infant car seat   1998-99^  2000^  2001^
  • Your home has a working smoke alarm that has been tested in the last year   1998-99^  2000^  2001^
  • Your hot water heater has been turned down or set to 120 degrees F or below   1998-99^  2000^  2001^
  • Are any firearms now kept in or around your home? Include those kept in your home, in a garage, outdoor storage area, car, truck, or other motor vehicle.   2000^  2001^
  • Are any of those firearms kept loaded?   2000^  2001^
  • Are all of the firearms in your home stored in a locked place?   2000^  2001^
  • Is all of the ammunition stored separately from the firearms?   2000^  2001^
  
  
• DEMOGRAPHICS
  • Is your baby alive now?   1998-99^  2000^  2001^  2002*  2003*
  • Is your baby living with you now?   1998-99^  2000^  2001^  2002*  2003*
  • Counting yourself, how many people live in your house, apartment, or trailer?
    • Adults (people aged 18 years or older)   2002*  2003*
    • Babies, children, or teenagers (people aged 17 years or younger)   2002*  2003*
  • What were the sources of your family income during the past 12 months?   1998-99^  2000^  2001^
  • What were the sources of your household's income during the past 12 months?   2002*  2003*
  • What is your family income, before deductions and taxes? Family income before you got pregnant:   1998-99^  2000^  2001^
  • Before you got pregnant with your new baby, what was your monthly family income (before deductions and taxes)?   2002*  2003*
  • What is your family income, before deductions and taxes? Family income now:   1998-99^  2000^  2001^
  • How many people does this income support? Number of people before you got pregnant:   1998-99^  2000^  2001^
  • How many people, including yourself, depended on this income?   2002*  2003*
  • How many people does this income support? Number of people now:   1998-99^  2000^  2001^
  • Body Mass Index   1998-99^  2000^  2001^  2002*  2003*
  
  
• FAMILY PLANNING
  • Where did you have a pregnancy test?   1998-99^  2000^  2001^
  • How many weeks pregnant were you when you were sure you were pregnant?   1998-99^  2000^  2001^
  • How many weeks or months pregnant were you when you were sure you were pregnant?   2002*  2003*
  • When you got pregnant with your new baby, were you trying to become pregnant?   2002*  2003*
  • When you got pregnant with your new baby, were you or your husband or partner using any kind of birth control?   1998-99^  2000^  2001^
  • When you got pregnant with your new baby, were you or your husband or partner doing anything to keep from gettting pregnant?   2002*  2003*
  • Why were you or your husband or partner not using any birth control?   1998-99^  2000^  2001^
  • What were your or your husband's or partner's reasons for not doing anything to keep from getting pregnant?   2002*  2003*
  • When you got pregnant, what kinds of birth control were you or your partner using?   1998-99^  2000^  2001^
  • When you got pregnant with your new baby, what kinds of birth control were you or your husband or partner using?   2002*  2003*
  • When you got pregnant,with your new baby, would you have used a different birth control method if you had insurance that paid for it?   2002*  2003*
  • Where were you or your partner getting your birth control method(s)?   1998-99^  2000^  2001^
  • When you got pregnant,with your new baby, where were you or your husband or partner getting your birth control method(s)?   2002*  2003*
  • When you got pregnant,with your new baby, would you have used a birth control method if you had insurance that paid for it?   2002*  2003*
  • Did you know there was free or low cost birth control at health departments and Planned Parenthood clinics?   1998-99^  2000^  2001^
  • Before you got pregnant,with your new baby, did you know there was free or low cost birth control at health departments and Planned Parenthood clinics?   2002*  2003*
  • Had you ever read or heard about emergency birth control (the "morning-after" pill)?   1998-99^  2000^  2001^
  • Before you got pregnant,with your new baby, had you ever heard or read about emergency birth control (the "morning-after pill")?   2002*  2003*
  • Before you got pregnant, did your health insurance cover the cost of birth control?   1998-99^  2000^  2001^
  • After your new baby was born, did a doctor, nurse, or other health care worker talk with you about using birth control?   1998-99^  2000^  2001^
  • Are you or your husband or partner using any kind of birth control now?   1998-99^  2000^  2001^
  • Are you or your husband or partner doing anything now to keep from getting pregnant?   2002*  2003*
  • What are your reasons for not using any birth control now?   1998-99^  2000^  2001^
  • What are your or your husband's or partner's reasons for not doing anything to keep from getting pregnant now?   2002*  2003*
  • What kinds of birth control are you or your partner using now?   1998-99^  2000^  2001^
  • What kinds of birth control are you or your husband or partner using now?   2002*  2003*
  • Where are you or your partner getting your birth control method(s) now?   1998-99^  2000^  2001^
  • Where are you or your husband or partner getting your birth control method(s) now?   2002*  2003*
  • Does your health insurance cover the cost of birth control now?   1998-99^  2000^  2001^
  
  
• FOLIC ACID
  • Have you ever heard or read that taking the vitamin folic acid can help prevent some birth defects?   1998-99^  2000^  2001^
  • Before you got pregnant,with your new baby, had you ever heard or read that taking the vitamin folic acid can help prevent some birth defects?   2002*  2003*
  • Were you taking the vitamin folic acid most days in the month before you became pregnant?   1998-99^
  • In the month before you got pregnant with your new baby, how many times a week did you take a multivitamin (a pill that contains many different vitamins and minerals)?   2000^  2001^  2002*  2003*
  
  
• HEALTH CARE DISCRIMINATION
  • Do you feel that you were ever treated differently by health care providers during your prenatal care, labor or delivery because of your:
    • Race   1998-99^  2000^  2001^
    • Culture   1998-99^  2000^  2001^
    • Ability to speak or understand English   1998-99^  2000^  2001^
    • Age   1998-99^  2000^  2001^
    • Insurance status   1998-99^  2000^  2001^
    • Neighborhood you lived in   1998-99^  2000^  2001^
    • Religious beliefs   1998-99^  2000^  2001^
    • Sexual orientation or lifestyle   1998-99^  2000^  2001^
    • Marital status   1998-99^  2000^  2001^
    • Desire to have out-of-hospital birth   1998-99^  2000^  2001^
  
  
• HIV
  • At any time during your most recent pregnancy did a doctor or midwife suggest that you get a blood test for HIV (the virus that causes AIDS)?   1998-99^  2000^  2001^
  • At any time during your most recent pregnancy, did you have a blood test for HIV (the virus that causes AIDS)?   1998-99^  2000^  2001^
  • During your most recent pregnancy, did you have a blood test for HIV (the virus that causes AIDS)?   2002*  2003*
  
  
• INFANT HEALTH CARE
  • Before having your baby, who talked to you about immunizations for your newborn baby?   1998-99^
  • After your baby was born, was he or she put in an intensive care unit?   2002*  2003*
  • After your baby was born, how long did he or she stay in the hospital?   2002*  2003*
  • Was your baby seen by a doctor, nurse, or other health care provider in the first week after he or she left the hospital?   2002*  2003*
  • Was your new baby seen at home or at a health care facility?   2002*  2003*
  • Has your baby had a well-baby checkup?   2002*  2003*
  • Where do you usually take your baby for well-baby checkups?   2002*  2003*
  • How many times has your baby been to a doctor or nurse for routine well baby care?   1998-99^  2000^  2001^
  • How many times has your baby been to a doctor or nurse for a well-baby checkup?   2002*  2003*
  • When your baby goes for routine well baby care, where do you take him or her?   1998-99^  2000^  2001^
  
  
• INFANT SLEEP POSITION & CO-SLEEPING
  • In the hospital or birthing center after your new baby was born, did a doctor, nurse, or other health care worker talk with you about your baby's sleep position?   2000^  2001^
  • After you took your baby home,, did your baby's doctor or staff talk with you about your baby's sleep position?   2000^  2001^
  • How do you put your new baby down to sleep most of the time?   1998-99^
  • How do you most often lay your baby down to sleep now?   2000^  2001^  2002*  2003*
  • How often does your new baby sleep in the same bed with you?   1998-99^  2000^  2001^
  
  
• INSURANCE COVERAGE
  • Just before you got pregnant, did you have health insurance?   1998-99^  2000^  2001^  2002*  2003*
  • Just before you got pregnant, did you have health insurance through the Oregon Health Plan?   1998-99^  2000^  2001^
  • Just before you got pregnant, were you on Oregon Health Plan or Medicaid?   2002*  2003*
  • At the time of your first pregnancy test were you insured for prenatal care?   1998-99^  2000^  2001^
  • If you had insurance for prenatal care, was it an employee benefit?   1998-99^  2000^  2001^
  • Did the Oregon Health Plan pay for any portion of your prenatal care?   1998-99^  2000^  2001^
  • How was your prenatal care paid for?   2002*  2003*
  • What type of insurance paid for your delivery?   1998-99^  2000^  2001^
  • How was your delivery paid for?   2002*  2003*
  • What is your health insurance coverage now?   1998-99^  2000^  2001^
  
  
• INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE (IPV)
  • During the 12 months before you got pregnant, did your husband or partner push, hit, slap, kick, choke, or physically hurt you in any other way?   2000^  2001^  2002*  2003*
  • During the 12 months before you got pregnant, did anyone else physically hurt you in any way?   2000^  2001^  2002*  2003*
  • During your most recent pregnancy, did your husband or partner push, hit, slap, kick, choke, or physically hurt you in any other way?   2000^  2001^  2002*  2003*
  • During your most recent pregnancy, did anyone else physically hurt you in any way?   2000^  2001^  2002*  2003*
  
  
• ORAL HEALTH
  • This question is about the care of your teeth during your most recent pregnancy.
    • I needed to see a dentist for a problem   2000^  2001^  2002*  2003*
    • I went to a dentist or dental clinic   2000^  2001^  2002*  2003*
    • A dental or other health care worker talked with me about how to care for my teeth and gums   2000^  2001^  2002*  2003*
  • How long has it been since you had your teeth cleaned by a dentist or a dental hygienist?   2000^  2001^  2002*  2003*
  • After your new baby was born, did a doctor, nurse, or other health care worker talk with you about how to prevent your baby from getting tooth decay?   2000^  2001^  2002*  2003*
  
  
• PREGNANCY HISTORY
  • Before your new baby, did you ever have any other babies who were born alive?   2002*  2003*
  • Did the baby born just before your new one weigh 5 pounds, 8 ounces (2.5 kilos) or less at birth?   2002*  2003*
  • Was the baby just before your new one born more than 3 weeks before its due date?   2002*  2003*
  
  
• PREGNANCY INTENDEDNESS
  • Thinking back to just before you got pregnant, how did you feel about becoming pregnant?   1998-99^  2000^  2001^  2002*  2003*
  
  
• PRENATAL CARE
  • Did you have to pay out-of-pocket for any of your prenatal care?   1998-99^
  • About how many weeks pregnant were you when you had your first visit for prenatal care?   1998-99^  2000^  2001^
  • How many weeks or months pregnant were you when you had your first visit for prenatal care?   2002*  2003*
  • Did you get prenatal care as early in your pregnancy as you wanted?   1998-99^  2000^  2001^  2002*  2003*
  • Did any of these things keep you from getting prenatal care as early pregnancy in your pregnancy as you wanted?   1998-99^  2000^  2001^
  • Did any of these things keep you from getting prenatal care as early as you wanted?   2002*  2003*
  • Where did you go most of the time for your prenatal visits?   1998-99^  2000^  2001^  2002*  2003*
  • During any of your prenatal care visits, did a doctor, nurse, or other health care worker talk with you about any of the things listed below?
    • What you should eat during your pregnancy   1998-99^
    • How smoking during pregnancy could affect your baby   1998-99^
    • How secondhand smoke could affect your baby after birth   1998-99^
    • Breast-feeding your baby   1998-99^
    • How drinking alcohol during pregnancy could affect your baby   1998-99^
    • Using a seat belt during your pregnancy   1998-99^
    • Birth control methods to use after your pregnancy   1998-99^
    • How using illegal drugs could affect your baby   1998-99^
    • How to keep from getting HIV (the virus that causes AIDS)   1998-99^
    • Getting your blood tested for HIV (the virus that causes AIDS)   1998-99^
    • Physical abuse to women by their husbands or partners   1998-99^
  • During any of your prenatal care visits, did a doctor, nurse, or other health care worker talk with you about any of the things listed below? Please count only discussions, not literature or videos.
    • What you should eat during your pregnancy   2000^  2001^
    • How smoking during pregnancy could affect your baby   2000^  2001^  2002*  2003*
    • How secondhand smoke could affect your baby after birth   2000^  2001^
    • Breast-feeding your baby   2000^  2001^  2002*  2003*
    • How drinking alcohol during pregnancy could affect your baby   2000^  2001^  2002*  2003*
    • Using a seat belt during your pregnancy   2000^  2001^  2002*  2003*
    • Birth control methods to use after your pregnancy   2000^  2001^  2002*  2003*
    • Medicines that are safe to take during your pregnancy   2002*  2003*
    • How using illegal drugs could affect your baby   2000^  2001^  2002*  2003*
    • What to do if your labor starts early   2002*  2003*
    • How to keep from getting HIV (the virus that causes AIDS)   2000^  2001^
    • Getting your blood tested for HIV (the virus that causes AIDS)   2000^  2001^  2002*  2003*
    • Physical abuse to women by their husbands or partners   2000^  2001^  2002*  2003*
    • The importance of seeing a dentist during your pregnancy   2000^  2001^
    • Doing tests to screen for birth defects or diseases that run in your family   2000^  2001^  2002*  2003*
  • During any of your prenatal care visits, did a doctor, nurse, or other health care worker offer you a blood test to see whether your baby had virth defects or diseases that run in your family?   2002*  2003*
  
  
• PRENATAL STRESS
  • This question is about things that may have happened during the 12 months before you delivered your new baby. This includes the months before you got pregnant.
    • A close family member was very sick and had to go into the hospital   1998-99^  2000^  2001^
    • You got separated or divorced from your husband or partner   1998-99^  2000^  2001^
    • You moved to a new address   1998-99^  2000^  2001^
    • You were homeless   1998-99^  2000^  2001^
    • Your husband or partner lost a job   1998-99^  2000^  2001^
    • You lost your job even though you wanted to go on working   1998-99^  2000^  2001^
    • You and your husband or partner argued more than usual   1998-99^  2000^  2001^
    • Your husband or partner said he did not want you to be pregnant   1998-99^  2000^  2001^
    • You had a lot of bills you couldn't pay   1998-99^  2000^  2001^
    • You were involved in a physical fight   1998-99^  2000^  2001^
    • You or your husband or partner went to jail   1998-99^  2000^  2001^
    • Someone very close to you had a bad problem with drinking or drugs   1998-99^  2000^  2001^
    • Someone very close to you died   1998-99^  2000^  2001^
  • This question is about things that may have happened during the 12 months before your new baby was born.
    • A close family member was very sick and had to go into the hospital   2002*  2003*
    • You got separated or divorced from your husband or partner   2002*  2003*
    • You moved to a new address   2002*  2003*
    • You were homeless   2002*  2003*
    • Your husband or partner lost his job   2002*  2003*
    • You lost your job even though you wanted to go on working   2002*  2003*
    • You argued with your husband or partner more than usual   2002*  2003*
    • Your husband or partner said he didn't want you to be pregnant   2002*  2003*
    • You had a lot of bills you couldn't pay   2002*  2003*
    • You were in a physical fight   2002*  2003*
    • You or your husband or partner went to jail   2002*  2003*
    • Someone very close to you had a bad problem with drinking or drugs   2002*  2003*
    • Someone very close to you died   2002*  2003*
  • Did you have any of these problems during your pregnancy.
    • Labor pains more than 3 weeks before your baby was due   2002*  2003*
    • High blood pressure or retained water   2002*  2003*
    • Vaginal bleeding   2002*  2003*
    • Problems with the placenta   2002*  2003*
    • Severe nausea, vomiting or dehydration   2002*  2003*
    • High blood sugar   2002*  2003*
    • Kidney or bladder infection   2002*  2003*
    • Water broke more than 3 weeks before your baby was due   2002*  2003*
    • Cervix had to be sewn shut   2002*  2003*
    • You were hurt in a car accident   2002*  2003*
  • Did you do any of the following things because of these problem(s)?   2002*  2003*
  
  
• TOBACCO USE
  • Have you smoked at least 100 cigarettes in your entire life?   1998-99^  2000^  2001^
  • Have you smoked at least 200 cigarettes in the past 2 years?   2002*  2003*
  • In the 3 months before you got pregnant, how many cigarettes or packs of cigarettes did you smoke on an average day?   1998-99^  2000^  2001^  2002*  2003*
  • In the first 3 months of your pregnancy, how many cigarettes or packs of cigarettes did you smoke on an average day?   2000^  2001^
  • In the second 3 months of your pregnancy, how many cigarettes or packs of cigarettes did you smoke on an average day?   2000^  2001^
  • In the last 3 months of your pregnancy, how many cigarettes or packs of cigarettes did you smoke on an average day?   1998-99^  2000^  2001^  2002*  2003*
  • How many cigarettes or packs of cigarettes do you smoke on an average day now?   1998-99^  2000^  2001^  2002*  2003*
  • During your visits to your doctor or midwife for prenatal care or after the baby was born, did someone ask if you smoked, either by questionnaire or in person?   1998-99^  2000^  2001^
  • During your visits for prenatal care or after the baby was born, did your doctor or midwife ever advise you to quit smoking?   1998-99^  2000^  2001^
  • During any of your prenatal care visits or after your most recent delivery, did a doctor, nurse, or other health care worker ever advise you to quit smoking?   2002*  2003*
  • During your visits for prenatal care or after the baby was born, did your doctor or midwife offer advice or help on how to quit smoking?   1998-99^  2000^  2001^
  • After your new baby was born, did a doctor, nurse, or other health care worker talk with you about how second hand smoke could affect your baby?   2000^  2001^
  • During any of your prenatal care visits or after your most recent delivery, did a doctor, nurse, or other health care worker talk with you about how secondhand smoke could affect your baby after birth?   2002*  2003*
  • About how many hours a day, on average, is your new baby in the same room with someone who is smoking?   1998-99^  2000^  2001^  2002*  2003*
  • Which of the following statements best represents your opinion on children's exposure to secondhand smoke?   1998-99^  2000^  2001^
  • Is there anyone (else) in your household who smokes cigarettes, cigars, or pipes?   1998-99^  2000^  2001^
  • Not including yourself, is there anyone in your household who smokes cigarettes, cigars, or pipes?   2002*  2003*
  • Which of the following statements best describes the rules about smoking inside your home:   1998-99^  2000^  2001^  2002*  2003*
  
  
• WIC (WOMEN, INFANTS & CHILDREN'S NUTRITION PROGRAM)
  • If you were on WIC (Women, Infants and Children nutrition program) during this pregnancy, how many weeks pregnant were you when you had your first visit for WIC?   1998-99^  2000^  2001^
  • During your pregnancy, were you on WIC (the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children)?   2002*  2003*
  
  ^1998-99, 2000 & 2001 Data NOT collected under Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) protocol.
  
  *2002, 2003 Data collected under Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) protocol.
  
  
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