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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Feb 3.
Published in final edited form as: J Natl Med Assoc. 2008 May;100(5):547–552. doi: 10.1016/s0027-9684(15)31301-8

Table 1.

Maternal demographic characteristics by antepartum home visitation

Variable Home Visits (n=48) No Home Visits (n=61) P Value

Count (%) Count (%)
Education
 ≥ High-school grad 42 (87.5) 54 (88.5) 0.870
 < High School 6 (12.5) 7 (11.5)
Maternal Nativity
 Foreign born 15 (31.3) 18 (29.5) 0.844
 U.S. born 33 (68.8) 43 (70.5)
Marital status
 Married 12 (25.0) 18 (29.5) 0.601
 Not married 36 (75.0) 43 (70.5)
Referral Source
 Service agency 35 (72.9) 43 (70.5) 0.781
 Self/heathcare provider 13 (27.1) 18 (29.5)
Insurance
 Medicaid 32 (66.7) 37 (60.7) 0.518
 Private/other 16 (33.3) 24 (39.3)
Age
 Mean (SD) 27.73 (7.8) 26.46 (6.8) 0.366
 <18 years 2 (4.2) 5 (8.2) 0.423
 18–24 15 (31.3) 17 (27.9)
 25–29 12 (25.0) 17 (27.9)
 30–34 8 (16.7) 13 (21.3)
 ≥35 years 11 (22.9) 9 (14.8)

SD: Standard deviation;

*

P value <0.05;

Chi-squared test;

††

Fischer’s exact test;

t test