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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jan 18.
Published in final edited form as: Obstet Gynecol. 2011 May;117(5):1105–1113. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e31821188ad

Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics of Analysis Sample and Total CHOICE Population

Sample (n=4,167) CHOICE (N=5,087)
Age (y) 25.2±5.7 25.2±5.7
Race
 African American 1,967 (47.4) 2,443 (48.3)
 White 1,874 (45.2) 2,242 (44.3)
 Others 307 (7.4) 376 (7.4)
Education
 High school diploma or less 1,424 (34.2) 1,820 (35.8)
 Some college 1,772 (42.5) 2,142 (42.1)
 College degree or graduate school 969 (23.3) 1,123 (22.1)
Income per month
 None 686 (16.9) 883 (17.8)
 $1–800 1,308 (32.2) 1,606 (32.4)
 $801–1,600 1,225 (30.2) 1,473 (29.7)
 $1,601 or more 837 (20.6) 990 (20.0)
Body mass index
 Underweight 134 (3.2) 151 (3.0)
 Normal 1,664(39.9) 2,042 (40.1)
 Overweight 1,059 (25.4) 1,295 (25.5)
 Obese 1,310 (31.4) 1,599 (31.4)
Receiving public assistance
 No 2,785 (66.8) 3,331 (65.5)
 Yes 1,382 (33.2) 1,756(34.5)
Trouble paying for basic expenses
 No 2,496 (59.9) 3,021 (59.4)
 Yes 1,671 (40.1) 2,066 (40.6)
Insurance
 None 1,802 (43.6) 2,203 (43.7)
 Private 1,865 (45.1) 2,219 (44.0)
 Public 466 (11.3) 624 (12.4)
Gravidity
 0 1,184 (28.4) 1,428 (28.1)
 1 907 (21.8) 1,095 (21.5)
 2 757 (18.2) 913 (17.9)
 3 or higher 1,319 (31.7) 1,651 (32.5)
Parity
 0 1,985 (47.6) 2,377 (46.7)
 1 1,026 (24.6) 1,256 (24.7)
 2 724 (17.4) 901 (17.7)
 3 or higher 432 (10.4) 553 (10.9)
Unintended pregnancies
 0 1,408 (33.9) 1,718 (33.9)
 1 1,159 (27.9) 1,397 (27.5)
 2 704 (16.9) 849 (16.7)
 3 or more 885 (21.3) 1,111 (21.9)
History of abortion
 No 2,518 (60.4) 3,115 (61.2)
 Yes 1,649 (39.6) 1,972 (38.8)
History of STI
 No 2,534 (60.8) 3,067 (60.3)
 Yes 1,633 (39.2) 2,020 (39.7)
Any current STI
 No 3,905 (93.7) 4,736 (93.1)
 Yes 262 (6.3) 351 (6.9)

STI, sexually transmitted infection.

Data are mean±standard deviation or n (%).