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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Matern Child Health J. 2014 Jul;18(5):1176–1189. doi: 10.1007/s10995-013-1348-0
No Six Month
or Health
Literacy Data
(N=184)
Analytic
Sample
(N=560)
P-
value1

Race, n (%) 0.04

Black 140 (76) 464 (83)
Other 44 (24) 94 (17)

Education, n (%) 0.03

Less than high school 72 (39) 171 (31)
High school 47 (26) 135 (24)
More than high school 65 (35) 254 (45)

Employment, n (%) 0.89

Student 46 (28) 233 (31)
Employed 50 (31) 224 (30)
Unemployed (looking for work) 20 (12) 78 (11)
Unemployed (no looking for work) 21 (13) 84 (11)
Missing 27 (16) 125 (17)

Maternal Age (years old), n (%)1 0.49

< 20 40 (22) 145(26)
20 – 24 72 (39) 227 (41)
25 – 29 42 (23) 117 (21)
30 – 34 19 (10) 51 (9)
> 34 11 (6) 20 (4)

Maternal Health Literacy, n (%)2 0.06

Inadequate/Marginal 26 (17) 132 (24)
Adequate 130 (83) 428 (76)

Country, n (%)3 0.01

US born 162 (88) 523 (93)
Non-US born 22 (12) 37 (7)

Baby Weight (g), mean (IQR) 3265.5 (2950– 3550) 3287.7 (2972.5 – 3552.5) 0.50

Maternal Age (years old), mean (IQR) 24 (20 – 27) 23.31 (19 – 26) 0.15

Note: Numbers do not add to 100% due to rounding

1

P-value determined for the chi-square test.

2

Only 716 from the enrolled category completed the S-TOFHLA.

3

There are 22 with missing data for this item.