Table 3.

Odds ratios from logistic regression models of low birth weight for foreign-born non-Hispanic White mothers, ages 18-44.

	Low Birth Weight
	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
	Age	+ SES	+ MRF	+ PNC
(Reference Group: Non-MENA)
MENA	1.153***	1.212***	1.446***	1.443***
Social and Demographic Chars.
Maternal Age	0.810***	0.867***	0.985	0.989
Age Squared	1.003***	1.002***	1.000	1.000
(Reference Group: Married)
Unmarried		1.440***	1.116***	1.114***
Unknown		0.906***	0.861***	0.871***
(Reference Group: Less than High School)
High School or GED		0.904**	0.837***	0.843***
Some College		0.839***	0.743***	0.750***
Associate's Degree		0.801***	0.679***	0.686***
Bachelor's Degree		0.748***	0.691***	0.698***
Master's Degree		0.722***	0.713***	0.722***
Professional Degree		0.706***	0.675***	0.684***
(Reference Group: Private Insurance)
Medicaid		0.975	1.079**	1.063*
Self-pay		0.795***	0.877**	0.852***
Other Insurance		1.060	1.015	1.005
Medical Risk Factors (MRF)
Gestational Age (weeks)			0.348***	0.347***
Previous Preterm Birth			1.338***	1.337***
+1 Prior Birth			0.544***	0.545***
Short Inter-Birth Interval			0.966	0.961
Hypertension			1.877***	1.879***
Diabetes			0.770***	0.769***
Cigarette Usage During Pregnancy			2.083***	2.066***
Gonorrhea, Chlamydia or Syphilis			0.851	0.843
(Reference Group: Normal BMI)
Underweight			1.655***	1.653***
Overweight			0.779***	0.777***
Obese			0.604***	0.603***
Prenatal Care (PNC)
1st Trimester PNC Initiation				0.857***
5+ PNC Visits				1.074
Observations	435,801	435,801	435,801	435,801

+p<0.10, *p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001 (two-tailed tests).

Source: National Center for Health Statistics 2016–2019 Natality Files.