Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of treatment and control group families (N=496).

	Control		Treatment
Characteristics	n	Percent	n	Percent	p-value
Birth risk ever
No	217	85.10	216	89.63	0.130
Yes	38	14.90	25	10.37	.
Total	255	100	241	100	.
Infant female
No	112	43.92	122	50.62	0.135
Yes	143	56.08	119	49.38	.
Total	255	100	241	100	.
Single parent
No	147	57.65	157	65.15	0.087
Yes	108	42.35	84	34.85	.
Total	255	100	241	100	.
Medicaid/uninsured
No	82	32.80	91	39.22	0.142
Yes	168	67.20	141	60.78	.
Total	250	100	232	100	.
Mother race
White, non-Hispanic	64	25.1	78	32.37	0.309
Black, non-Hispanic	109	42.75	90	37.34	.
Hispanic	26	10.2	26	10.79	.
Other, non-Hispanic	56	21.96	47	19.5	.
Total	255	100	241	100	.
Young mother
No	171	67.06	160	66.39	0.874
Yes	84	32.94	81	33.61	.
Total	255	100	241	100	.
New mother
No	153	60	152	63.07	0.482
Yes	102	40	89	36.93	.
Total	255	100	241	100	.
Mother education (socioeconomic status)
Less than 12th grade	75	29.41	60	24.9	0.222
High school or some college	96	37.65	84	34.85	.
College or graduate school	84	32.94	97	40.25	.
Total	255	100	241	100	.

Note:

The P-value comes from X² test between the treatment and control group.

^*p<0.1

^**p<0.05

^***p<0.01