Table 1.
Overview of participant characteristics by experience of discrimination
| All women | Experience of discrimination
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| Any | Gender | Race | SES3 | ||
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| N (row %) | N (row %) | N (row %) | N (row %) | ||
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| All women | N=2500 | 1419 (57) | 956 (38) | 838 (34) | 605 (24) |
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| Demographic characteristics | |||||
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| Age, mean ± SD | 25.0 ± 5.6 | 25.4 ± 5.6 | 25.5 ± 5.6 | 25.6 ± 5.9 | 25.8 ± 5.5 |
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| N (col %)4 | N (row %)5 | N (row %) | N (row %) | N (row %) | |
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| Race | |||||
| White | 1086 (44) | 646 (53) | 496 (41) | 215 (18) | 260 (22) |
| Black | 1209 (49) | 636 (59) | 362 (33) | 517 (48) | 303 (28) |
| Other | 190 (8) | 128 (67) | 90 (48) | 99 (52) | 39 (21) |
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| Ethnicity - Hispanic | 114 (5) | 64 (56) | 46 (40) | 48 (42) | 22 (19) |
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| Trouble paying for basic expenses or government assistance | 1281 (51) | 789 (62) | 486 (38) | 502 (39) | 429 (33) |
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| Education | |||||
| Less than high school | 286 (11) | 126 (44) | 63 (22) | 86 (30) | 48 (17) |
| High school or GED | 564 (23) | 271 (48) | 155 (28) | 176 (31) | 138 (24) |
| Some college/vocational/technical | 1062 (43) | 641 (60) | 421 (40) | 388 (37) | 289 (27) |
| College degree | 587 (24) | 381 (65) | 317 (54) | 188 (32) | 130 (22) |
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| Education level of mother | |||||
| Less than high school | 230 (10) | 127 (55) | 82 (36) | 89 (39) | 56 (24) |
| High school or GED | 809 (34) | 428 (53) | 287 (36) | 251 (31) | 210 (26) |
| Some college/vocational/technical | 630 (26) | 366 (58) | 229 (36) | 222 (35) | 171 (27) |
| College degree | 738 (31) | 463 (63) | 344 (47) | 250 (34) | 153 (22) |
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| Medical insurance | |||||
| None | 1039 (42) | 613 (59) | 375 (36) | 388 (37) | 323 (31) |
| Medicaid/Medicare | 214 (9) | 505 (58) | 375 (43) | 285 (33) | 180 (21) |
| Private | 875 (35) | 112 (52) | 57 (27) | 77 (36) | 54 (25) |
| Other1 | 343 (14) | 171 (51) | 139 (41) | 81 (24) | 43 (13) |
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| Sexual and reproductive Health | |||||
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| Sex in the past 30 days | 2008 (82) | 1154 (57) | 781 (39) | 682 (34) | 508 (25) |
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| Lifetime sexual partners, mean ± SD | 8.3 ± 11.4 | 9.4 ± 13.7 | 9.5 ± 13.8 | 9.2 ± 11.5 | 10.1 ± 15.5 |
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| Recent sexual partners, mean ± SD | 0.9 ± 0.6 | 0.9 ± 0.5 | 0.9 ± 0.5 | 0.9 ± 0.5 | 0.9 ± 0.5 |
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| Ever pregnant | 1765 (71) | 980 (56) | 610 (37) | 627 (36) | 460 (26) |
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| Age at first pregnancy, mean ± SD2 | 19.5 ± 4.0 | 19.6 ± 3.9 | 19.9 ± 4.2 | 19.3 ± 3.9 | 19.5 ± 3.6 |
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| Parity, mean ± SD | 0.9 ± 1.2 | 0.9 ± 1.1 | 0.8 ± 1.1 | 1.0 ± 1.2 | 1.1 ± 1.2 |
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| Number of unintended pregnancies, mean ± SD | 2.3 ± 1.7 | 2.4 ± 1.7 | 2.3 ± 1.5 | 2.4 ± 1.7 | 2.5 ± 1.7 |
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| History of STI | 1081 (44) | 648 (60) | 403 (37) | 462 (43) | 315 (29) |
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| History of abortion, mean (±SD) | 0.7 ± 1.1 | 0.8 ± 1.1 | 0.7 ± 1.0 | 0.9 ± 1.1 | 0.8 ± 1.1 |
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| Baseline STD testing (any STD) | 125 (7) | 74 (59) | 43 (34) | 53 (42) | 33 (26) |
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| History of violence | 1359 (55) | 933 (69) | 637 (47) | 569 (42) | 439 (32) |
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| Smoking | 1267 (51) | 745 (55) | 517 (36) | 386 (37) | 341 (21) |
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| Drug use | 487 (20) | 320 (66) | 209 (43) | 179 (37) | 147 (30) |
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| Alcohol use | 1792 (72) | 1063 (59) | 747 (42) | 598 (33) | 445 (25) |
Bold = p<0.05.
1
Other=parents, military or student insurance.
2
N=1765.
Column %: % amongst all women.
Row %: % amongst subgroups by row.
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SES – socioeconomic status
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Col – column percent, percent among the entire sample
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Row – row percent, percent among a subgroup (in that row)