TABLE 1—
Sample Characteristics (N = 2136)
| Percentage | Mean (SD) | |
| Outcomes | ||
| Initiated breastfeeding | 50.2 | |
| Number of weeks of breastfeeding among those who initiated | 18.2 (18.0) | |
| Child had at least 4 well-child evaluations | 91.4 | |
| Maternal characteristics | ||
| Participated in WIC after child’s birth | 86.0 | |
| Moved since child’s birth | 51.8 | |
| Had another baby since child’s birth | 15.8 | |
| Lives in own apartment or house | 64.3 | |
| Enrolled in Medicaid | 73.7 | |
| Smoked during past 30 days | 30.4 | |
| Enrolled in school | 21.3 | |
| Has worked since child’s birth | 79.1 | |
| Age at 12-month interview | 24.8 (5.5) | |
| Lives with at least 1 parent | 31.4 | |
| Number of children in household | 1.5 (1.4) | |
| Foreign born | 14.5 | |
| Hispanic | 31.3 | |
| African American | 56.2 | |
| White | 23.9 | |
| Asian | 1.4 | |
| Other race | 18.4 | |
| Native American | 5.6 | |
| < High school | 45.3 | |
| High school graduate | 34.1 | |
| Some college completed | 19.5 | |
| College graduate | 1.1 | |
| Household income, $ | 16 222 (11 661) | |
| Smoked during pregnancy | 22.9 | |
| Prenatal care during first trimester | 77.4 | |
| Child characteristics | ||
| Age at 12-month interview, weeks | 64.3 (12.6) | |
| Low birthweight | 11.2 | |
| Physically disabled | 2.7 | |
Note. WIC = Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children. Hispanic ethnicity was asked independently of race (e.g., a respondent could report White race and Hispanic ethnicity).