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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 3.

Unadjusted means and standard deviations (SD) of psychosocial measures ascertained at mid-pregnancy by demographic and obstetric characteristics (race/ethnicity-specific)

Anomie (range= 0−5) b
Hostility (range= 0−9) b
Mastery (range= 7−28) b
Effortful Coping (range=8−24)b
Non-Hispanic White
African American
Non-Hispanic White
African American
Non-Hispanic White
African American
Non-Hispanic White
African American
Maternal Age
 <20 2.1 (1.4) a 2.4 (1.3) a 5.2 (1.9) a 6.1 (1.7) a 20.3 (3.2) a 20.7 (3.1) 18.8 (2.8) 19.9 (2.8)
 20−29 1.3 (1.3) a 2.1 (1.4) 3.9 (2.0) a 5.2 (1.9) 21.6 (3.4) a 21.5 (3.5) 18.6 (2.5) 19.6 (2.9)
 ≥30 (reference) 0.8 (1.1) 1.8 (1.6) 3.0 (1.8) 5.1 (1.9) 22.2 (3.2) 20.7 (3.8) 18.8 (2.4) 19.2 (3.0)
Parity/ OB History
 0 live birth 1.2 (1.3) 2.1 (1.4) 3.8 (2.0) 5.7 (1.8) a 21.7 (3.4) 21.3 (3.3) 18.9 (2.4) a 19.8 (2.8)
 ≥1 live birth 1.2 (1.3) 2.2 (1.5) 3.7 (2.0) 5.3 (1.9) 21.6 (3.4) 21.1 (3.6) 18.5 (2.6) 19.5 (3.0)
Education
 <12 yrs (age<20) 2.3 (1.4) a 2.4 (1.3) a 5.2 (2.0) a 6.1 (1.7) a 20.2 (3.2) a 20.5 (3.1) a 18.8 (2.9) 19.8 (2.9)
 <12 yrs (age≥20) 2.1 (1.6) a 2.6 (1.4) a 5.0 (1.9) a 5.7 (1.9) a 20.5 (3.6) a 19.8 (3.3) a 18.3 (2.8) 19.4 (3.1)
 12 yrs 1.6 (1.4) a 2.3 (1.5) a 4.2 (2.0) a 5.6 (1.8) a 21.1 (3.3) a 21.0 (3.4) a 18.6 (2.6) 19.7 (3.0)
 > 12 yrs (reference) 0.9 (1.1) 1.7 (1.4) 3.2 (1.9) 4.7 (1.8) 22.2 (3.3) 22.3 (3.4) 18.8 (2.4) 19.7 (2.6)
Week of Pregnancy At Enrollment
 <20 wks (reference) 1.2 (1.3) 2.3 (1.5) 3.8 (2.2) 5.5 (1.8) 21.4 (3.5) 20.6 (3.2) 18.6 (2.6) 19.4 (2.9)
 20−24 wks 1.3 (1.3) 2.1 (1.4) 3.7 (2.0) 5.5 (1.8) 21.7 (3.3) 21.3 (3.5) 18.7 (2.5) 19.6 (3.0)
 25−27 wks 1.1 (1.2) 2.0 (1.4) 3.7 (2.0) 5.3 (2.1) 21.8 (3.4) 21.0 (3.6) 18.8 (2.4) 20.0 (2.6)
Pregnancy Outcome
 Term 1.2 (1.3) 2.1 (1.4) 3.7 (2.0) 5.4 (1.9) 21.7 (3.4) 21.2 (3.5) 18.7 (2.5) 19.6 (2.9)
 Preterm 1.3 (1.2) 2.4 (1.5) a 4.1 (2.0) a 5.5 (1.7) 21.3 (3.3) 21.1 (3.4) 18.7 (2.5) 20.0 (2.9)
a

p<0.05 for race/ethnic specific comparisons of unadjusted mean psychosocial measures by maternal characteristic

b

Data missing for 2−12 women in selected variables for each racial/ethnic group