Table 1. Demographic Variables (n = 91 unless noted).
Variable | Statistic |
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| |
Mean Age (yrs) | 28.81 (sd = 6.12) |
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Mean Length Of Stay | 6.93 days (sd = 4.10) |
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Race* | % (n) |
Caucasian | 54.95 (50) |
African American | 31.87 (29) |
Hispanic | 13.64 (12) |
Asian American | 0.01 (1) |
Other | 10.99 (10) |
| |
Marital Status | |
Married | 53.85 (49) |
Co-habiting | 13.19 (12) |
Single | 25.27 (23) |
Divorced/Separated | 0.07 (6) |
Widowed | 0.01 (1) |
| |
Payer Status | |
Private Insurance | 49.45 (45) |
No Insurance | 0.09 (9) |
Medicaid | 39.56 (36) |
| |
Obstetrical Status at time of admission** | |
Pregnant | 41.76 (38) |
Postpartum | 60.44 (55) |
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Weeks Pregnant (median) | 20 (range 4-40) |
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Weeks Postpartum (median) | 16 (range 1-72) |
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Parity (n = 76) | |
Primaparous | 25.00 (19) |
Multiparous ≤ 4 | 46.05 (35) |
Multiparous > 4 | 28.95 (22) |
| |
Children at home (n = 90) | |
None | 11.11 (10) |
One | 46.66 (42) |
Two | 23.33 (21) |
Three or more | 18.89 (17) |
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Mean Number of Adverse Life Experiences (n = 80) |
3.42 (sd = 2.44) |
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Types of Adverse Experiences | |
Emotional abuse | 46.25 (37) |
Sexual abuse | 45.00 (36) |
Physical abuse | 27.50 (22) |
Mother/step-mother of patient abused | 23.75 (19) |
Alcohol or substance abuse in home | 42.50 (34) |
Some women endorsed Hispanic as race and another category as ethnicity.
One woman was both pregnant and postpartum