TABLE 1.
n = 702 | |
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Maternal characteristics | |
Age, y | 26.9 ± 6.4 |
Education category, % | |
Less than high school | 20.5 |
High school | 34.1 |
College | 45.4 |
Primiparous, % | 41.3 |
Single, % | 60.3 |
Stress (1–5)2 | 2.0 ± 0.79 |
Depression (1–4)2 | 1.4 ± 0.46 |
Anxiety (1–5)2 | 1.5 ± 0.56 |
Infant characteristics | |
Age, % | |
0–4 mo | 30.6 |
5–8 mo | 35.8 |
9–13 mo | 33.6 |
Race/ethnicity, % | |
White | 49.6 |
Hispanic | 14.5 |
African-American | 36.0 |
Female infant, % | 47.6 |
Currently breast-fed, % | 25.2 |
Ever breast-fed, % | 64.1 |
Birth weight, g | 3262 ± 640 |
Low birth weight, % | 8.7 |
Values presented are means ± SD or %.
Mental health scales, with the range of scale scores provided in parentheses.