Table 2.

Participant demographics and characteristics

Characteristic	Total (N = 15)
Incarceration status at the time of the interview (n (%))
Incarcerated	2 (13)
Not incarcerated	13 (87)
State of residence at the time of the interview (n (%))
Kentucky	6 (40)
Maryland	7 (47)
Virginia	2 (13)
Median age in years (minimum, maximum)	35 (22, 55)
Pregnancy status at the time of the interview (n (%))
Pregnant	3 (20)
Not pregnant	12 (80)
Median gestational age at arrest in weeks (minimum, maximum)1	4 (4, 32)
Median duration of incarceration while pregnant in days (minimum, maximum)	90 (2, 240)
Previously incarcerated (n (%))	14 (93)
Median number of times in jail or prison before this time (minimum, maximum)	4 (0, 15)
Median number of times in jail or prison while pregnant (minimum, maximum)	1 (1, 5)
Race ((n (%)) in each category)
Black, non-Hispanic	13 (87)
Biracial (Black and white, non-Hispanic)	2 (13)
Highest education level (n (%))
Primary school	2 (13)
Some high school	1 (7)
High school diploma/graduate equivalency degree	7 (47)
Some college	3 (20)
Bachelor’s degree	2 (13)
Relationship status (n (%))
Single	11 (73)
Married	2 (3)
Divorced/separated	2 (13)
Housing status at the time of arrest while pregnant (n (%))
Stable housing (lived with family, on their own, or with partner)	11 (73)
No stable housing	4 (27)
Employment/source of income at the time of arrest while pregnant (n (%))
Employed	7 (47)
Unemployed	6 (40)
Sex work	1 (7)
Drug trade	1 (7)
Average number of children they have given birth to (minimum, maximum)	3 (1, 7)
Been pregnant in jail/prison during a prior pregnancy (n (%))	5 (33)
Ever given birth in custody (n (%))	2 (13)
Desire to have more children in the future (n (%))
Want more children now	2 (13)
Want more children, just not now	4 (27)
Don’t want any more children	6 (40)
I don’t know	2 (13)
Other: didn’t want more, no longer menstruating	1 (7)
Health insurance coverage when not incarcerated (n (%))
Medicaid	14 (93)
Medicaid + Medicare (disability)	1 (7)

¹Missing data (n = 1)