Table 1.

Characteristics of Mothers and Firstborn Children in the NHIS-NSFG: Descriptive Statistics

	Among Nondisabled Firstborn Children	Among Firstborn Children With Disabilities	Total: All Mothers
Child with disability
Child has a disability	—	—	0.07
Child’s gender***
Male	0.51	0.63	0.52
Female	0.49	0.37	0.48
Mother’s age at child’s birth**
Less than 20	0.22	0.28	0.23
20 – 29	0.65	0.66	0.65
30 and older	0.13	0.06	0.12
Mother’s race
White	0.71	0.73	0.71
Black	0.13	0.13	0.13
Hispanic	0.12	0.10	0.12
Other race	0.04	0.04	0.04
Mother’s education
More than a HS degree	0.45	0.41	0.45
HS degree	0.42	0.42	0.42
Less than a HS degree	0.13	0.17	0.13
Mother’s employment (1995)*
Does not work	0.36	0.44	0.37
Works	0.64	0.56	0.63
Mother’s marital status (1995)*
Not married	0.28	0.34	0.28
Married	0.72	0.66	0.72
Poverty (1995)***
Above the poverty line	0.84	0.76	0.84
Below the poverty line	0.16	0.24	0.16

Note: Data are weighted and adjust for sample design; N = 4468 (unweighted); 22,174,139 (weighted). Significance from χ² test of difference across strata by presence of a child with a disability.

^*p < .05.

^**p < .01.

^***p < .001.