. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2006 Mar 3.

Published in final edited form as: J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs. 2005;34(5):595–605. doi: 10.1177/0884217505280000

Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics of Parents (N = 23)

Characterstic	n
Age (years)
Mothers: range 19–34 (M = 23.82)	17
Fathers: range 20–34 (M = 27.33)	6
Education range 11–17 years (M = 13.27)	23
Marital status
Single, living with partner	13
Single, in a relationship	4
Married	3
Single mother, abandoned by partner	3
Yearly income (dollars)
<5,000	10
5,000–10,000	8
10,001–15,000	1
20,000 or >	4^a
Religion
Baptist	13
Catholic	2
Other	2
No Preference	6

^aThese parents (3 fathers and 1 mother) were kept in the study because the mothers met the sample inclusion criterion of being a recipient of Medicaid.