Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics of the 113 Premature Infants and Their Mothers.

	Mean	(SD)	Percent
Gestational Age (weeks)	28.8	(2.7)
Birth Weight in Grams	1221	(430)
Small for Gestational Age			13.3%
Sex of Child: Male			52.2%
Female			47.8%
Mechanical Ventilation (days)	11.0	(18.4)
Neurological Insults	2.8	(3.0)
IVH			22.1%
Percent: Singletons			69.9%
Twins			24.8%
Triplets			5.3%
Maternal Age (years)	28.5	(6.5)
Married Mothers			57.5%
Maternal Education (years)	13.7	(2.3)
First-Time Mothers			55.8%
Race: African American			46.0%
White			53.1%
Asian			0.9%

Note: The two hospitals differed significantly in multiple births and percent of first births.