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Click on a blue bar to open and close selections to see a list of measures available.- Pre-pregnancy payer type
Pre-pregnancy payer type (question wording)
During the month before you got pregnant with your new baby, were you covered by any of these insurance plans? - Prenatal care payer type
Prenatal care payer type (question wording)
Did any of these health insurance plans help you pay for your prenatal care? - Delivery payer type
Delivery payer type (question wording)
Did any of these health insurance plans help you pay for the delivery of your new baby?
- Preconception: Dieting
Preconception: Dieting (question wording)
At any time during the 12 months before you got pregnant with your new baby, did you diet (change eating habits) to lose weight? - Preconception: Exercise 3+ days/week
Preconception: Exercise 3+ days/week (question wording)
At any time during the 12 months before you got pregnant with your new baby, did you exercise three or more days of the week? - Preconception: Taking Medicines
Preconception: Taking Medicines (question wording)
At any time during the 12 months before you got pregnant with your new baby, did you regularly take prescription medicines other than birth control? - Preconception: Diabetes checked for or treated
Preconception: Diabetes checked for or treated (question wording)
At any time during the 12 months before you got pregnant with your new baby, did you visit a health care worker to be checked or treated for diabetes? - Preconception: High blood pressure
Preconception: High blood pressure (question wording)
At any time during the 12 months before you got pregnant with your new baby, did you visit a health care worker to be checked or treated for high blood pressure? - Preconception: Depression or anxiety
Preconception: Depression or anxiety(question wording)
At any time during the 12 months before you got pregnant with your new baby, did you visit a health care worker to be checked or treated for depression or anxiety? - Preconception: Family medical history
Preconception: Family medical history (question wording)
At any time during the 12 months before you got pregnant with your new baby, did you talk to a health care worker about your family medical history? - Preconception: Teeth Cleaned
Preconception: Teeth Cleaned (question wording)
At any time during the 12 months before you got pregnant with your new baby, did you have your teeth cleaned by a dentist or dental hygienist? - Multivitamin use 1 month before pregnancy
Multivitamin use 1 month before pregnancy (question wording)
During the month before you got pregnant with your new baby, how many times a week did you take a multivitamin, prenatal vitamin, or a folic acid vitamin? - Pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI)
Pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI)(question wording)
Just before you got pregnant with your new baby, how much did you weigh? AND How tall are you without shoes? Used to calculate body mass index (BMI) - Diabetes (type 1 or type 2)
Diabetes (type 1 or type 2) (question wording)
Before you got pregnant with your new baby, were you ever told by a doctor, nurse or other health care worker that you had Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes? This is not the same as gestational diabetes or diabetes that starts during pregnancy. - Pregnancy intention
Pregnancy intention (question wording)
Thinking back to just before you got pregnant, how did you feel about becoming pregnant? Responses of "I wanted to be pregnant sooner" or "I wanted to be pregnant then" are considered "Intended". Responses of "I wanted to be pregnant later" or "I didn't want to be pregnant then or at any time in the future" are considered "Not intended". - Live births despite use of birth control
Live births despite use of birth control (question wording)
When you got pregnant with your new baby, were you or your husband or partner doing anything to keep from getting pregnant? Some things people do to keep from getting pregnant include not having sex at certain times [natural family planning or rhythm] or withdrawal, and using birth control methods such as the pill, condoms, vaginal ring, IUD, having their tubes tied, or their partner having a vasectomy. Women who answer Yes to the question and No to the previous question of "When you got pregnant with your new baby, were you trying to get pregnant?" had a live birth despite the use of birth control. - Problems getting birth control 12 months before pregnancy
Problems getting birth control 12 months before pregnancy (question wording)
During the 12 months before you got pregnant with your new baby, did you have any problems getting birth control when you wanted or needed it? - Smoked 3 months before pregnancy
Smoked 3 months before pregnancy (question wording)
In the 3 months before you got pregnant, how many cigarettes did you smoke on an average day? (A pack has 20 cigarettes.) - Drank 3 months before pregnancy
Drank 3 months before pregnancy (question wording)
During the three months before you got pregnant, how many alcoholic drinks did you have in an average week? - Binge drinker (4 drinks+ in a 2-hour time span) 3 months before pregnancy
Binge drinker (4 drinks+ in a 2-hour time span) 3 months before pregnancy (question wording)
During the 3 months before you got pregnant, how many times did you drink 4 alcoholic drinks or more in one sitting? A sitting is a two hour span. - Marijuana use 12 months before pregnancy
Marijuana use 12 months before pregnancy (question wording)
For 2009 - 2015, the question read "During the 12 months before you got pregnant, did you smoke marijuana or hash?". Starting in 2016, the question changed to "During the 12 months before you got pregnant, did you use marijuana or hash in any form?". - Physical abuse 12 months before pregnancy
Physical abuse 12 months before pregnancy (question wording)
During the 12 months before you got pregnant with your new baby, did your husband or partner push, hit, slap, kick, choke, or physically hurt you in any other way? - Controlling partner (emotional abuse) 12 months before pregnancy
Controlling partner (emotional abuse) 12 months before pregnancy (question wording)
During the 12 months before you got pregnant, did your husband or partner threaten you, limit your activities against your will, or make you feel unsafe in any other way? - Called the police because you felt threatened 12 months before pregnancy
Called the police because you felt threatened 12 months before pregnancy (question wording)
During the 12 months before you got pregnant with your new baby, did you ever call the police because you felt threatened by your husband 0or partner? Include calls to 911, Alaska State Troopers, or Village Public Safety Officers (VPSOs).
- Prenatal care started in the first trimester (self report)
Prenatal care started in the first trimester (self report) (question wording)
How many weeks or months pregnant were you when you had your first visit for prenatal care? Don't count a visit only for a pregnancy test or for WIC. - Prenatal care as early as wanted
Prenatal care as early as wanted (question wording)
Did you get prenatal care as early in your pregnancy as you wanted? - Prenatal care: Weight gain counseling
Prenatal care: Weight gain counseling (question wording)
During any of your prenatal care visits, did a doctor, nurse, or other health care worker talk with you about how much weight you should gain during your pregnancy? - Prenatal care: Affects of smoking counseling
Prenatal care: Affects of smoking counseling (question wording)
During any of your prenatal care visits, did a doctor, nurse, or other health care worker talk with you about how smoking during pregnancy could affect your baby? - Prenatal care: Breastfeeding counseling
Prenatal care: Breastfeeding counseling (question wording)
During any of your prenatal care visits, did a doctor, nurse, or other health care worker talk with you about breastfeeding your baby? - Prenatal care: Affects of drinking counseling
Prenatal care: Affects of drinking counseling (question wording)
During any of your prenatal care visits, did a doctor, nurse, or other health care worker talk with you about how drinking alcohol during pregnancy could affect your baby? - Prenatal care: Seat belt counseling
Prenatal care: Seat belt counseling (question wording)
During any of your prenatal care visits, did a doctor, nurse, or other health care worker talk with you about using a seat belt during your pregnancy? - Prenatal care: Medicines that are safe counseling
Prenatal care: Medicines that are safe counseling (question wording)
During any of your prenatal care visits, did a doctor, nurse, or other health care worker talk with you about medicines that are safe to take during your pregnancy? - Prenatal care: Illegal drugs counseling
Prenatal care: Illegal drugs counseling (question wording)
During any of your prenatal care visits, did a doctor, nurse, or other health care worker talk with you about how using illegal drugs could affect your baby? - Prenatal care: Birth defects counseling
Prenatal care: Birth defects counseling (question wording)
During any of your prenatal care visits, did a doctor, nurse, or other health care worker talk with you about doing tests to screen for birth defects or diseases that run in your family? - Prenatal care: Signs of preterm labor counseling
Prenatal care: Signs of preterm labor counseling (question wording)
During any of your prenatal care visits, did a doctor, nurse, or other health care worker talk with you about the signs and symptoms of preterm labor or labor more than 3 weeks early? - Prenatal care: Preterm labor counseling
Prenatal care: Preterm labor counseling (question wording)
During any of your prenatal care visits, did a doctor, nurse, or other health care worker talk with you about what to do if your labor starts early? - Prenatal care: HIV testing counseling
Prenatal care: HIV testing counseling (question wording)
During any of your prenatal care visits, did a doctor, nurse, or other health care worker talk with you about getting tested for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS? - Prenatal care: Depression counseling
Prenatal care: Depression counseling (question wording)
During any of your prenatal care visits, did a doctor, nurse, or other health care worker talk with you about what to do if you feel depressed during your pregnancy or after your baby is born? - Prenatal care: Physical abuse counseling
Prenatal care: Physical abuse counseling (question wording)
During any of your prenatal care visits, did a doctor, nurse, or other health care worker talk with you about physical abuse to women by their husbands or partners? - Prenatal care: Advised not to drink
Prenatal care: Advised not to drink (question wording)
During any of your prenatal care visits, did a doctor, nurse, or other health care worker advise you not to drink alcohol while you were pregnant? - HIV test during pregnancy
HIV test during pregnancy (question wording)
At any time during your most recent pregnancy or delivery, did you have a test for HIV (the virus that causes AIDS)? - Knowledge of folic acid benefits
Knowledge of folic acid benefits (question wording)
Have you ever heard or read that taking a vitamin with folic acid can help prevent some birth defects? - WIC during pregnancy
WIC during pregnancy (question wording)
During your most recent pregnancy, were you on WIC (the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children)? - Gestational diabetes
Gestational diabetes (question wording)
During your most recent pregnancy, were you told by a doctor, nurse, or other health care worker that you had gestational diabetes (diabetes that started during this pregnancy)? - Labor induction (self-report)
Labor induction (self-report)(question wording)
Did your doctor, nurse, or other health care worker try to induce your labor (start your contractions using medicine)? - Rules about smoking inside the home during pregnancy
Rules about smoking inside the home during pregnancy (question wording)
Which of the following statements best describes the rules about smoking inside your home during your most recent pregnancy? - Smoked last 3 months of pregnancy
Smoked last 3 months of pregnancy (question wording)
In the last 3 months of your pregnancy, how many cigarettes did you smoke on an average day? (A pack has 20 cigarettes.) - Drank last 3 months of pregnancy
Drank last 3 months of pregnancy (question wording)
During the last 3 months of your pregnancy, how many alcoholic drinks did you have in an average week? - Binge drinker (4 drinks+ in a 2-hour time span) last 3 months of pregnancy
Binge drinker (4 drinks+ in a 2-hour time span) last 3 months of pregnancy (question wording)
During the last 3 months of your pregnancy, how many times did you drink 4 alcoholic drinks or more in one sitting? A sitting is a two-hour time span. - Marijuana use during pregnancy
Marijuana use during pregnancy (question wording)
For 2009 - 2015, the question read "During your most recent pregnancy, did you smoke marijuana or hash?". Starting in 2016, the question changed to "During your most recent pregnancy, did you use marijuana or hash in any form?". - Spit tobacco use (chew, iqmik) during pregnancy
Spit tobacco use (chew, iqmik) during pregnancy (question wording)
During your most recent pregnancy, did you ever use spit tobacco products such as chewing tobacco, snuff, iqmik, or blackbull? - Physical abuse during pregnancy
Physical abuse during pregnancy (question wording)
During your most recent pregnancy, did your husband or partner push, hit, slap, kick, choke, or physically hurt you in any other way? - Controlling partner (emotional abuse) during pregnancy
Controlling partner (emotional abuse) during pregnancy (question wording)
During your most recent pregnancy, did your husband or partner threaten you, limit your activities against your will, or make you feel unsafe in any other way? - Teeth cleaned during pregnancy
Teeth cleaned during pregnancy (question wording)
During your most recent pregnancy, did you have your teeth cleaned by a dentist or dental hygienist? - Partner-associated stress 12 months before delivery
Partner-associated stress 12 months before delivery (question wording)
This question is about things that may have happened during the 12 months before your new baby was born. Partner associated stress includes responses of separated or divorced from husband or partner, argued with husband or partner more than usual, husband or partner said he did not want me to be pregnant. - Financial stress 12 months before delivery
Financial stress 12 months before delivery (question wording)
This question is about things that may have happened during the 12 months before your new baby was born. Financial stress includes responses of loss of job for mother or partner, mother had unpaid bills, mother moved to a new address. - Emotional stress 12 months before delivery
Emotional stress 12 months before delivery (question wording)
This question is about things that may have happened during the 12 months before your new baby was born. Emotional stress includes responses of close family member was very sick and in hospital, someone close to mother died. - Traumatic stress 12 months before delivery
Traumatic stress 12 months before delivery (question wording)
This question is about things that may have happened during the 12 months before your new baby was born. Traumatic stress includes responses of mother or husband/partner went to jail, mother was in a physical fight, mother was homeless, mother had close person with drug or alcohol use problem.
- Postpartum birth control -- using now
Postpartum birth control -- using now (question wording)
Are you or your husband or partner doing anything now to keep from getting pregnant? Some things people do to keep from getting pregnant include not having sex at certain times [natural family planning or rhythm] or withdrawal, and using birth control methods such as the pill, condoms, vaginal ring, IUD, having their tubes tied, or their partner having a vasectomy. - Postpartum depressive symptoms
Postpartum depressive symptoms (question wording)
Since your new baby was born, how often have you felt down, or sad? How often have you felt hopeless? How often have you felt slowed down? Question responses of frequency are 1=Never, 2=Rarely, 3=Sometimes, 4=Often, 5=Always. Postpartum depressive symptoms is "yes" when the sum of the three parts equals 10 or greater. Example: A woman who says she is depressed sometimes (3 pts), hopeless rarely (2 pts), and slowed down always (5 pts) has postpartum depressive symptoms (a total sum of 10). - Postpartum discussion: Breastfeeding
Postpartum discussion: Breastfeeding (question wording)
Since your new baby was born, did a doctor, nurse, or other health care worker talk with you about help with or information about breastfeeding? - Postpartum discussion: Birth spacing
Postpartum discussion: Birth spacing (question wording)
Since your new baby was born, did a doctor, nurse, or other health care worker talk with you about how long to wait before getting pregnant again? - Postpartum discussion: Birth control
Postpartum discussion: Birth control (question wording)
Since your new baby was born, did a doctor, nurse, or other health care worker talk with you about birth control methods that you can use after giving birth? - Postpartum discussion: Depression
Postpartum discussion: Depression (question wording)
Since your new baby was born, did a doctor, nurse, or other health care worker talk with you about postpartum depression? - Postpartum discussion: Support groups
Postpartum discussion: Support groups (question wording)
Since your new baby was born, did a doctor, nurse, or other health care worker talk with you about support groups for new parents? - Postpartum discussion: Community resources
Postpartum discussion: Community resources (question wording)
Since your new baby was born, did a doctor, nurse, or other health care worker talk with you about resources in your community such as nurse home visitation programs, telephone hotlines, or counseling? - Postpartum discussion: Healthy weight
Postpartum discussion: Healthy weight (question wording)
Since your new baby was born, did a doctor, nurse, or other health care worker talk with you about getting to and staying at a healthy weight after delivery? - Rules about smoking inside the home now
Rules about smoking inside the home now (question wording)
Which of the following statements best describes the rules about smoking inside your home now? - Smoke now
Smoke now (question wording)
How many cigarettes do you smoke on an average day now? (A pack has 20 cigarettes.) - Planning to quit smoking
Planning to quit smoking (question wording)
Are you planning to stop smoking cigarettes? - Marijuana use since new baby was born
Marijuana use since new baby was born (question wording)
For 2009 - 2015, the question read "Since your new baby was born, did you smoke marijuana or hash?". Starting in 2016, the question changed to "Since your new baby was born, did you use marijuana or hash in any form?". - Controlling partner (emotional abuse) since your new baby was born
Controlling partner (emotional abuse) since your new baby was born (question wording)
Since your new baby was born, did your husband or partner threaten you, limit your activities against your will, or make you feel unsafe in any other way?
- Mode of delivery (self-report)
Mode of delivery (self-report) (question wording)
How was your new baby delivered? - Infant in ICU at birth
Infant in ICU at birth (question wording)
After your baby was born, was he or she put in an intensive care unit? - Baby nights in hospital
Baby nights in hospital (question wording)
After your baby was born, how long did he or she stay in the hospital? - Infant one week check-up
Infant one week check-up (question wording)
Was your new baby seen by a doctor, nurse, or other health care worker for a one week check-up after he or she was born? - Ever breastfed
Ever breastfed (question wording)
Did you ever breastfeed or pump breast milk to feed your new baby after delivery, even for a short period of time? - Still breastfeeding
Still breastfeeding (question wording)
Are you currently breastfeeding or feeding pumped milk to your new baby? - Breastfeeding at 1 month
Breastfeeding at 1 month (question wording)
How many weeks or months did you breastfeed or pump milk to feed your new baby? - Breastfeeding at 2 months
Breastfeeding at 2 months (question wording)
How many weeks or months did you breastfeed or pump milk to feed your new baby? - Infant sleep position
Infant sleep position (question wording)
In which one position do you most often lay your baby down to sleep now? - Sleeps in a crib, usually
Sleeps in a crib, usually (question wording)
Indicate True or False for whether the statement usually applies to your new baby: Your new baby sleeps in a crib or portable crib. - Sleeps on a firm mattress, usually
Sleeps on a firm mattress, usually (question wording)
Indicate True or False for whether the statement usually applies to your new baby: Your new baby sleeps on a firm or hard mattress. - Sleeps with pillows, usually
Sleeps with pillows, usually (question wording)
Indicate True or False for whether the statement usually applies to your new baby: Your new baby sleeps with pillows. - Sleeps with bumper pads, usually
Sleeps with bumper pads, usually (question wording)
Indicate True or False for whether the statement usually applies to your new baby: Your new baby sleeps with bumper pads. - Sleeps with plush blankets, usually
Sleeps with plush blankets, usually (question wording)
Indicate True or False for whether the statement usually applies to your new baby: Your new baby sleeps with plush blankets. - Sleeps with stuffed toys, usually
Sleeps with stuffed toys, usually (question wording)
Indicate True or False for whether the statement usually applies to your new baby: Your new baby sleeps with stuffed toys. - Sleeps with another person, usually
Sleeps with another person, usually (question wording)
Indicate True or False for whether the statement usually applies to your new baby: Your new baby sleeps with another person. - Bed shared, last night
Bed shared, last night (question wording)
Last night, did your new baby sleep in the same bed with you or anyone else?