Table 2.

Demographic Variables by Intervention Group^a

Variable	Intensive education group (n = 192)	Nonintensive education group (n = 191)
Maternal age, yb	25.5 (15–43)	25.7 (15–40)
Race
Mexican	57.3	68.1
Puerto Rican	16.7	14.1
Other/mixed Hispanic	12.0	10.0
African American	7.3	4.7
Other	6.8	3.1c
Born in the United States	38.5	39.8
Years in the United States for those not born in the United Statesb	7.7 (0.2–23.0)	9.0 (0.2–39.0)
Language
English	40.1	39.3
Spanish	52.6	45.0
Both English and Spanish	7.3	15.7c
Education completed
<High school	41.2	41.4
High school graduate	33.9	34.0
Some college graduate	22.4	17.8
College graduate	2.6	6.8
Works outside the home	28.7	34.0
Married	49.0	44.0
No. of previous live births
0	35.9	39.8
1	30.2	24.1
2	22.9	22.0
≥3	10.9	14.1
Health care site
1	57.3	57.6
2	26.0	27.8
3	16.7	14.7

^aData are given as percentage of each group unless otherwise indicated. Percentages may not total 100 because of rounding.

^bData are given as mean (range).

^cP < .05 by χ² test.