TABLE 2.
Study Participants’ Demographics
| ETHNOGRAPHIC SUBSET (N = 30) | ALL PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS SERVED FROM 2002–2008 (N = 332) | |||||
| African American | Hispanic/Latina | Total/Percent | African American | Hispanic/Latina | Total/Percent | |
| School Attainment (at time of program discharge) | ||||||
| Attending school or GED program | 10 (33%) | 3 (10%) | 13 (43%) | 128 (39%) | 16 (4%) | 144 (43%) |
| High school diploma or GED | 4 (13%) | 0 (0%) | 4 (13%) | 37 (12%) | 11 (3%) | 48 (15%) |
| Not enrolled in school | 2 (7%) | 11 (37%) | 13 (44%) | 40 (12%) |
100 (30%) |
140 (42%) |
| Birthing Outcomes* |
n = 314* |
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| Natural childbirth | 9 (30%) | 8 (27%) | 17 (57%) | 105 (33%) | 69 (22%) | 174 (55%) |
| Induced or assisted vaginal birth | 4 (13%) | 3 (10%) | 7 (23%) | 58 (19%) | 29 (9%) | 87 (28%) |
| Cesarean births | 3 (10%) | 3 (10%) | 6 (20%) | 44 (14%) | 9 (3%) | 53 (17%) |
| Skin-to-skin contact with newborn within 30 minutes of giving birth | 8 (27%) | 10 (33%) | 18 (60%) | 66 (21%) | 58 (19%) | 124 (40%) |
| Doulas attended birth | 11 (37%) | 8 (27%) | 19 (64%) | 106 (34%) | 66 (21%) | 172 (55%) |
| Initiated breastfeeding after giving birth | 9 (30%) | 11 (37%) | 20 (67%) | 102 (33%) | 61 (19%) | 163 (52%) |
| Medically classified as having a normal birth weight | 13 (43%) | 14 (47%) | 27 (90%) | 147 (47%) |
95 (30%) |
242 (77%) |
| Economic Data**(at time of program discharge) |
n = 293** |
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| Employment | 1 (3%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (3%) | 29 (10%) | 6 (2%) | 35 (12%) |
| Receiving Temporary Assistance to Needy Families | 4 (13%) | 2 (7%) | 6 (20%) | 49 (17%) | 3 (1%) | 52 (18%) |
| Medicaid for mother | 17 (57%) | 3 (10%) | 20 (67%) | 189 (65%) | 21 (7%) | 210 (72%) |
| Medicaid for baby | 16 (53%) | 14 (47%) | 30 (100%) | 176 (60%) | 100 (34%) | 276 (94%) |
| Financial support from father | 4 (13%) | 9 (30%) | 13 (43%) | 41 (14%) | 79 (27%) | 120 (41%) |
| Receiving food stamps | 8 (27%) | 0 (0%) | 8 (27%) | 82 (28%) |
2 (1%) |
84 (29%) |
| Risk Factors for Repeat Pregnancy** |
n = 293** |
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| Self-reported using birth control at 12 weeks postpartum | 5 (16%) | 8 (27%) | 13 (43%) | 129 (44%) | 69 (23%) | 198 (67%) |
| Repeat pregnancies | 2 (7%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (7%) | 9 (3%) | 1 (< .5%) | 10 (3%) |
Note. *At the time of the study, 314 of the 332 participants in the doula program had given birth; therefore, birthing outcomes are only available for 314 adolescent mothers served. ** At the time of the study, 293 of the 332 participants in the doula program had completed the program's postpartum support phase; thus, data at the time of discharge are available for 293 of the 332 program participants.