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Maternal and infant baseline characteristics |
|
| Characteristic |
Study subjects (N = 393) n (%)* |
|
|
|
| Race/ethnicity |
|
| Hispanic |
|
| African American |
15 (4%) |
| Other |
52 (13%) |
| Non-Hispanic |
|
| African American |
318 (81%) |
| Other |
6 (2%) |
| Maternal age |
|
| < 20 |
85 (22%) |
| ≥ 20 |
308 (78%) |
| Marital status |
|
| Married/living with a partner |
108 (27%) |
| Single/no partner |
284 (72%) |
| Mother's birth place |
|
| USA |
309 (79%) |
| Other (foreign born) |
84 (21%) |
| Education |
|
| < 12 years |
171 (44%) |
| ≥ 12 years |
222 (56%) |
| Mother employed in past 12 months |
|
| Yes |
147 (37%) |
| No |
242 (62%) |
| Tobacco use during pregnancy |
|
| Yes |
87 (22%) |
| No |
274 (70%) |
| Poverty |
|
| Below poverty |
258 (66%) |
| At or above poverty |
117 (30%) |
| Previous live births |
|
| 0 |
134 (34%) |
| ≥ 1 |
258 (66%) |
| Gestation at entry into prenatal care |
|
| < 4 months |
255 (65%) |
| ≥ 4 months |
138 (35%) |
| Infant birth weight |
|
| 1800–2499 grams |
40 (10%) |
| ≥ 2500 grams |
352 (90%) |
| Hospital of delivery |
|
| A |
106 (27%) |
| B |
86 (22%) |
| C |
201 (51%) |
|
*Numbers may not add up to 100% because of missing values. | |
England et al. BMC Public Health 2003 3:28 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-3-28 |
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