Table 3.

Individual Characteristics According to Neighborhood Risk Tertile

	Total N (%)	Neighborhood Risk Tertile
	Total N (%)	First 109 (15)	Second 220 (30)	Third 397 (54)

Sociodemograpic
Control Variables
Maternal Age
19–24	377(52)	51.4	55.0	50.4
25–34	288(40)	38.5	36.8	41.6
35+	61(8)	10.1	8.2	8.1
Race^‡
Black	693(95)	87.2	94.1	98.5
Married or Living with Father of Baby^†	192(26)	40.4	24.1	23.9
Education^‡
< High School	340(47)	33.9	43.2	52.4
High School or GED	308(42)	38.5	45.9	41.6
> High School	78(11)	27.5	10.9	6.1
Enough Money for Necessities^*
Half the time or less	122(17)	17.4	14.1	18.1
More than half	193(27)	15.6	24.6	30.7
Almost always	411(56)	67.0	61.4	51.1
Public Assistance^{^}
Yes	666(92)	88.1	90.9	93.2
Home Ownership^‡
Yes	129(18)	31.2	22.7	11.3
Psychosocial Factors
Stress^*
Little to none	271(37)	45.9	38.2	34.5
Some	252(35)	34.9	35.9	34.0
Mild	109(15)	9.2	13.6	17.4
Moderate to Severe	94(13)	10.1	12.3	14.1
Pregnancy Locus of Control^{^}
Some or no control	223(31)	25.7	30.5	32.2
Moderate control	300(41)	40.4	40.9	41.8
Strong control	203(28)	33.9	28.6	25.9
Emotional Support^*
Yes	254(35)	45.0	34.6	32.5
Behavioral Factors
Cigarettes/day^†
0	462(64)	72.5	69.1	58.2
1–9	123(17)	12.8	15.9	18.6
10+	141(19)	14.7	15.0	23.2
Alcohol^*
Never	593(82)	84.4	83.6	79.9
1–4 days/month	82(11)	13.8	10.5	11.1
1–2 days/week+	51(7)	1.8	5.9	9.1
Hard Drug Use^‡	212(29)	20.2	23.6	34.8
Late or No Prenatal Care^{^}	267(63)	56.9	61.4	76.0
Biomedical Factors
Hypertensive Disorders	73(10)	11.9	7.7	10.8
Infection^*	101(14)	6.4	16.4	14.6
Pre-pregnancy weight
<120	175(24)	18.4	28.2	23.4
120–159	332(46)	52.3	40.5	46.9
160–199	140(19)	19.3	22.3	17.6
200+	79(11)	10.1	9.1	12.1
Net Weight Gain^†
<10	233(32)	24.8	29.1	35.8
10–29	365(50)	55.1	50.5	48.9
30–39	74(10)	10.1	11.4	9.6
40+	54(7)	10.1	9.1	5.8

^{^}

p<0.1,

p<0.05,

^†

p<0.01,

^‡

p<0.001