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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Oct 14.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2008 Jan 7;66(6):1310–1321. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.11.039

TABLE 1.

Maternal characteristics of the non-Hispanic White and African-American POUCH study women

White non-Hispanic (N=2017) Medicaid Insureda
African-American (N=741) Medicaid Insureda
Maternal Characteristics
No
Yes
No
Yes

No.
(%)
No.
(%)
No.
(%)
No.
(%)
Age (years)
 <20 67 (5) 141 (20) 21 (14) 185 (31)
 20−29 647 (50) 478 (67) 84 (58) 346 (58)
 ≥30 593 (45) 91 (13) 40 (28) 65 (11)
Education
 <12 yrs (age<20) 36 (3) 83 (12) 17 (12) 123 (21)
 <12 yrs (age≥20) 17 (1) 87 (12) 5 (3) 120 (20)
 12 yrs 257 (20) 320 (45) 24 (17) 215 (36)
 >12 yrs 997 (76) 220 (31) 99 (68) 138 (23)
Week of Pregnancy At Enrollment
 <20 wks 183 (14) 100 (14) 18 (12) 106 (18)
 20−24 wks 642 (72) 519 (73) 106 (73) 411 (69)
 25−27 wks 182 (14) 91 (13) 21 (14) 79 (13)
OB History
 0 live birth 587 (45) 298 (42) 66 (45) 232 (39)
 ≥1 live birth no previous preterm 634 (48) 323 (45) 68 (47) 287 (48)
 ≥1 live birth with previous preterm 86 (7) 89 (13) 11 (8) 77 (13)
Pregnancy Outcome
 Term 1190 (91) 631 (89) 126 (87) 505 (85)
 Preterm overall 117 (9) 79 (11) 19 (13) 91 (15)
  Medically Indicated 39 (3) 24 (3) 7 (5) 27 (4)
  PROM 39 (3) 18 (3) 5 (3) 23 (4)
  PTL 39 (3) 37 (5) 7 (5) 41 (7)
a

Data on Medicaid status missing for 3 women