Table 1. Demographic Variables (n = 91 unless noted).

Variable	Statistic
Mean Age (yrs)	28.81 (sd = 6.12)
Mean Length Of Stay	6.93 days (sd = 4.10)
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)
Weeks Pregnant (median)	20 (range 4-40)
Weeks Postpartum (median)	16 (range 1-72)
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)
Mean Number of Adverse Life Experiences (n = 80)	3.42 (sd = 2.44)
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