Table 1.
Sample Demographic and Neonatal Characteristics at NICU Discharge (n = 173)
| Variables | Range or Frequency (%) |
M | SD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maternal Age | 17 – 42 | 29.54 | 6.26 | |
| Maternal Education (years) | 8 – 21 | 14.25 | 2.69 | |
| Annual Family Income | 0 – 500,000 | 59,076 | 52,837 | |
| Infant Gender (% Male) | 92 (53%) | |||
| Infant Race | African American | 24 (14%) | ||
| Asian | 1 (<1%) | |||
| Caucasian | 114 (66%) | |||
| Latino | 3 (2%) | |||
| Multiracial | 31 (17%) | |||
| Infant Gestational Age (weeks) |
23 – 36 | 31.34 | 3.03 | |
| Infant Birthweight (grams) |
490 – 3328 | 1712 | 577 | |
| Extremely Low (< 1000g) | 28 (16%) | |||
| Very Low (< 1500g) | 37 (21%) | |||
| Low (< 2500g) | 95 (55%) | |||
| Normal (> 2500g) | 13 (8%) | |||
| Size for Gestational Age | Small | 20 (12%) | ||
| Appropriate | 145 (84%) | |||
| Large | 8 (%) | |||
| Days in Hospital | 2 – 136 | 33.27 | 27.92 | |
| Multiple Birth | 33 (19%) |