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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jan 28.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2009 Dec;103(6):480. doi: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)60264-5

Table 1.

Demographic Variables by Enrollment and Follow-upa

Variable Women who initially consented (n = 483) Women who enrolled (n = 383) Women observed to 1 y (n = 347)
Maternal age, yb 25.6 (14–45) 25.6 (15–43) 25.7 (15–43)
Race/ethnicity
 Mexican 60.0 62.7 65.1
 Puerto Rican 16.8 15.4 14.4
 Other/mixed Hispanic 10.6 11.0 11.0
 African American 6.4 6.0 5.8
 Other 6.2 5.0 3.8
Born in the United States 41.7 39.2 37.8
Years in the United States for those not born in the United Statesb 8.6 (0.2–39.0) 8.4 (0.2–39.0) 8.4 (0.2–39.0)
Language
 English 42.7 39.7 38.0
 Spanish 46.2 48.8 50.7
 Both English and Spanish 11.2 11.5 11.2
Education completed
 < High school 42.0 41.2 42.1
 High school graduate 32.9 33.9 34.0
 Some college 20.4 20.1 18.7
 College graduate 4.8 4.7 5.2
Works outside the home 32.6 31.3 30.0
Married 44.0 46.5 47.3
No. of previous live births
 0 38.5 37.9 37.8
 1 26.2 27.2 27.1
 2 21.9 22.4 23.1
 ≥3 13.4 12.8 12.1
Health care site
 1 56.9 57.4 57.6
 2 25.3 26.9 27.7
 3 17.8 15.7 14.7
a

Data are given as percentage of patients in each group unless otherwise indicated. Percentages may not total 100 because of rounding.

b

Data are given as mean (range).