Table 2.
Selected maternal characteristics (%) by availability of census block group data
| Complete block group data |
Incomplete block group data |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases (n = 276) | Controls (n = 551) | Cases (n = 54) | Controls (n = 74) | |
| Maternal race/ethnicity | ||||
| US-born Hispanic | 19.2 | 22.4 | 7.4 | 15.9 |
| Foreign-born Hispanic | 47.0 | 37.7 | 59.3 | 42.0 |
| White | 22.8 | 21.7 | 20.4 | 20.3 |
| Black | 3.6 | 7.5 | 3.7 | 7.3 |
| Asian | 5.0 | 9.3 | 7.4 | 11.6 |
| Other | 2.5 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 2.9 |
| Maternal education | ||||
| <High school | 39.9 | 28.8 | 53.7 | 30.4 |
| High school | 19.9 | 24.7 | 13.0 | 20.3 |
| Some college | 22.1 | 21.4 | 7.4 | 26.1 |
| ≥Bachelor’s degree | 18.2 | 25.1 | 25.9 | 23.2 |
| Maternal employment | ||||
| yes | 59.1 | 61.4 | 48.2 | 53.6 |
| Intake of folic acid-containing supplements | ||||
| yes | 54.8 | 63.0 | 50.0 | 53.4 |