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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Apr 16.
Published in final edited form as: Birth. 2010 Jun;37(2):90–97. doi: 10.1111/j.1523-536X.2010.00388.x

Table 1. Descriptive Statistics and the Associations with Depressive Symptoms, Smoking in Pregnancy, and Recent Alcohol Use.

Independent Variables Total n=4,454 (100%) No. (%) CES-D ≥ 23 n=959 (22%) No. (%) P Current Smoking n=977 (22%) No. (%) P Alcohol Use in Prev 12 Months n=1561 (35%) No. (%) P
Demographics
Age (yr), mean(SD) 24.4 (5.8) 24.4(5.7) 0.880 25.5 (5.6) <0.001 24.9 (5.6) <0.001
Annual income, mean(SD) 9,241(10,000) 9,393.3 (10324.9) 0.630 9,800 (11,000) 0.059 10,700 (10,721) <0.001
Education
 >High school 822(19) 150(16) 0.001 90 (9) <0.001 304 (20) <0.001
 High school/GED* 1,966 (44) 403(42) 390 (40) 720 (46)
 <High school 1,010 (23) 149(16) 365 (37) 370 (24)
 Still in high school 656 (15) 259(27) 132 (14) 167 (11)
Foreign Born 1,007 (23) 192(20) 0.029 75 (7.7) <0.001 236 (15) <0.001
Single 3,351 (75) 779(81) <0.001 807 (83) <0.001 1237 (79) <0.001
Race/Ethnicity
 Black (non-Hispanic) 3,002 (67) 678(71) 0.022 623 (64) <0.001 1057 (68) <0.001
 White (non-Hispanic) 410 (9) 92(10) 209 (21) 232 (15)
 Latina/Hispanic 915 (21) 163(17) 127 (13) 239 (15)
 Other 132 (3) 28(3) 18 (1.8) 33 (2)
Parity
 0 1831 (41) 366(38) 0.001 322 (33) <0.001 640 (41) 0.807
 1 1320 (30) 438(46) 266 (27) 455 (29)
 2+ 1308 (30) 157(16) 389 (40) 466 (30)
Objective Stress
 Low (0-2) 1,483 (33) 176(18) <0.001 228 (23) <0.001 461 (30) <0.001
 Moderate (3-4) 1,422 (32) 295(31) 280 (29) 471 (30)
 High (5-14) 1,554 (35) 490(51) 469 (48) 629 (40)
Everyday Discrimination (ED)
 None or very little 3343(75) 575(60) <0.001 654 (67) <0.001 1075 (69) <0.001
 Moderate 873(20) 282(30) 231 (24) 380 (24)
 High 238(5) 102(11) 92 (9) 106 (7)
Major Discrimination (MD)
 None 3,665(82) 705(73.5%) <0.001 758 (78) <0.001 1225 (79) <0.001
 One event 678(15) 210(21.9%) 171 (18) 279 (18)
 Two events 111(3) 44(4.6%) 48 (5) 57 (4)
*

GED = General equivalency diploma.