Table 1.

Racial/ethnic differences in characteristics of women in MCPOP

	White (n=1590) %	Black (n=918) %	Hispanic/ Latina (n=5078) %	Asian/ Pacific Islander (n=640) %	Native American (n=40) %	Other (n=183) %	Total (n=8449) %
Alcohol and/or drug user	14	14	2***	3***	20	14	6
Illicit drugs	12	13	2***	3***	18	10	5
Alcohol	4	3	1***	2**	5	4	2
Illicit drug only °	10	11	2	2	15	10	4
Alcohol only °	2	1	<1	<1	3	4	1
Illicit drugs and alcohol °	2	1	<1	1	3	0	1
First time mothers	36	35	34	37	35	39	35
Broken prenatal care appts.	9	20***	8	11	10	8	10
Prenatal care after 1st trim	49	48	43***	54*	58	47	46
Presumptive eligibility ins.	11	5***	10	5***	10	12	9
Living with partner	57	32***	74***	67***	43	39***	65
Illiteracy	1	2	4***	3**	0	1	3
Less than12 years education	31	31	64***	22***	43	43***	50
Financial difficulties	37	33 *	27 ***	28 ***	25	19 ***	30
Homelessness	6	6	1***	1***	5	2*	2
Partner violence, current	10	9	5***	5***	8	4*	6
Fam/partner violence, past	38	27***	18***	11***	30	20***	23
Mental health problems	36	30**	20***	18***	33	22***	24
Current tobacco use	39	23***	4***	11***	20*	23***	14
Secondhand tobacco exp.	23	17***	5***	11***	13	14**	10
History preterm delivery§	9	14**	5***	6	8	5*	7
Prior infant demise§	3	7**	3	4	0	1*	4
Hx spontaneous abortion	47	47	33***	39***	45	48	38
Current probation/parole	4	4	<1***	<1***	0	2	1
Current CPS involvement§	4	2	<1***	1**	4	1*	1
	mean	mean	mean	mean	mean	mean	mean
Maternal age∞	26.11	25.02***	25.51***	27.4***	25.13	25.57***	25.71

^*p<.05, compared to White, by Chi-square, Fisher’s exact, and ANOVAs.

^**p<.01, compared to White, by Chi-square, Fisher’s exact, and ANOVAs.

^***p<.001, compared to White, by Chi-square, Fisher’s exact, and ANOVAs.

^∞Maternal age only calculated for >=12 & <=50,

^§denominator is only non-First time mothers,

^°statistical tests not conducted