. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Oct 5.

Published in final edited form as: Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2007 Feb;161(2):186–192. doi: 10.1001/archpedi.161.2.186

Table 3.

Characteristics of Socioeconomic Status in Young Adulthood Among the 4 Groups of Children by LBW and Childhood Abuse Status^*

	Group
	1	2	3	4	Adjusted F Statistic
	Neither (n = 1232)	Only LBW (n = 246)	Only Abuse (n = 226)	Both LBW and Abuse (n = 44)	ANCOVA	MANCOVA	Significant Pairwise Comparisons^†
Household income, $	33 126 (22 173)	29 321 (19 115)	29 770 (27 845)	19 114 (17 623)	5.5‡	5.0§	1, 2, 3 > 4
Individual income, $	17 119 (13 017)	15 010 (12 268)	15 993 (22 060)	9596 (9897)	3.3§	3.7§	1, 2, 3 > 4
Education, y	12.3 (2.1)	12.2 (2.2)	11.4 (2.3)	11.2 (2.3)	6.3‡	8.2‡	1, 2 > 3, 4

Abbreviations: ANCOVA, analysis of covariance; LBW, low birth weight; MANCOVA, multivariate ANCOVA.

Data are given as mean (SD).

^†

Numbers denote group numbers.

^‡

P<.001.

^§

P<.01.