PRAMS Questionnaires

The PRAMS questionnaire has two parts. There are core questions that are asked by all states. The core portion of the questionnaire includes questions about the following:

• Attitudes and feelings about the most recent pregnancy.
• Content and source of prenatal care.
• Maternal alcohol and tobacco consumption.
• Physical abuse before and during pregnancy.
• Pregnancy-related morbidity.
• Infant health care.
• Contraceptive use.
• Mother's knowledge of pregnancy-related health issues, such as adverse effects of tobacco and alcohol; benefits of folic acid; and risks of HIV.

The remaining questions on the questionnaire are chosen from a pretested list of standard questions developed by CDC or developed by states on their own. As a result, each state's PRAMS questionnaire is unique. The following documents are lists of core and standard questions from the different phases of the PRAMS survey.  The Phase 6 questions are currently in the field.  The topic reference documents provide a comprehensive list of all questions used by all states organized by topic area.

Current Questionnaire

Phase 6 Core Questions (2009) [PDF - 107KB]
Phase 6 (2009) Standard Questions [PDF- 278KB]
Phase 6 (2009 ) Topic Reference [PDF - 837KB]
Spanish Phase 6 Core Questions [PDF - 110KB]
Spanish Phase 6 Standard Questions [PDF - 357KB]
Phase 6 Codebook and the Phase 6  Analysis Variables will be released 2012.

Previous Questionnaire

Phase 5 (2004–2008) Core Questions [PDF - 92KB]
Phase 5 (2004–2008) Standard Questions [PDF - 197KB]
Phase 5 (2004–2008) Topic Reference [PDF - 512KB]