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)

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

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