Table 5.

Adjusted odds of perceptions of communication problems during prenatal care and discrimination during the birth hospitalization, stratified by race/ethnicity.

	Reluctance to ask questions‡		Barriers to open discussion‡		Poor Treatment due to…§
	Moderate	High	Moderate	High	Any reason	Race, language, culture	Insurance status	Difference of opinion about care
	AOR	AOR	AOR	AOR	AOR	AOR	AOR	AOR
White
Education (Ref=High school or less)
Some college	1.29	1.20	1.48	1.22	1.26	0.73	0.64	1.69
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.10	0.99	1.58	0.82	0.92	1.02	0.55	1.06
Primary source of payment for maternity care (Ref=Private)
Public	0.84	0.99	0.83	1.01	1.25	1.74	1.84	1.04
Uninsured	1.23	3.48	1.02	1.83	1.20	2.36	1.88	0.80
High blood pressure	2.13	2.64	0.90	1.25	1.77	4.19	3.12	1.34
Diabetes	1.73	4.97	0.85	1.96	2.06	3.01	2.52	2.00
Obese pre-pregnancy	1.32	1.09	0.76	0.69	1.26	0.79	0.77	1.49
Black
Education (Ref=High school or less)
Some college	2.34	2.43	1.84	1.12	0.84	0.59	1.34	0.97
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.06†	5.16†	4.81	3.21†	1.65	1.89	1.30	1.45
Primary source of payment for maternity care (Ref=Private)
Public	1.33	1.48	0.99	0.96	2.11	1.36	1.53	1.47
Uninsured	0.48	7.40	0.81	2.64	2.15	1.18	5.02	0.40
High blood pressure	0.91	1.94	1.10	1.83	1.00	0.76†	0.44†	3.02
Diabetes	3.16	6.10	1.83	2.91	4.85	8.02†	10.34†	6.04†
Obese pre-pregnancy	0.71	1.00	1.46	2.06	0.39†	0.49	1.17	0.28†
Hispanic
Education (Ref=High school or less)
Some college	1.55	0.92	0.85	0.40†	0.78	0.71	0.73	0.89
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.17	2.14†	1.37	0.44	1.61	1.35	1.24†	1.02
Primary source of payment for maternity care (Ref=Private)
Public	0.94	0.39†	0.94	0.60	1.15	0.78	1.32	1.43
Uninsured	2.60	2.72	0.95	0.77	5.27†	5.54	10.72	3.13
High blood pressure	2.51	1.58	1.60	1.06	2.24	2.19	2.49	2.13
Diabetes	1.06	3.30	0.97	1.57	2.65	2.61	3.23	3.10
Obese pre-pregnancy	0.57	1.10	1.11	1.61	0.23†	0.51	0.14†	0.14†

^‡Models control for prenatal provider type (OB or other), continuity of care in prenatal care, and average prenatal care appointment length

^§Models control for prenatal provider type (OB or other), continuity of care in prenatal care, use of pain medications, labor induction, cesarean delivery, and communication during prenatal care

Bold indicates a statistically significant (p<.05) coefficient in the stratified model.

^†Interaction term in full model was significant at p<.05