Table 1.
Characteristics of women of childbearing age (18 to 44), NHIS 2007.
| Pregnancy Status |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Currently pregnant |
Birth in past year |
All others | TOTAL | p-value | |
| Race/ethnicity | |||||
| White | 56.8% | 50.0% | 64.6% | 63.3% | <0.001 |
| Black | 11.1% | 15.2% | 14.0% | 13.9% | |
| AIAN | 2.6% | 1.8% | 1.4% | 1.5% | |
| Asian/NHOPI | 4.9% | 4.3% | 5.6% | 5.5% | |
| Hispanic | 24.6% | 28.7% | 14.5% | 15.9% | |
| Nativity status | |||||
| US-born | 75.9% | 72.8% | 83.0% | 82.0% | <0.001 |
| Foreign born | 24.1% | 27.2% | 17.1% | 18.0% | |
| Age Group | |||||
| 18–24 years | 28.0% | 34.6% | 24.8% | 25.6% | <0.001 |
| 25–34 years | 54.5% | 48.3% | 34.2% | 36.1% | |
| 35–44 years | 17.5% | 17.1% | 41.0% | 38.4% | |
| Marital Status | |||||
| Married | 68.1% | 72.2% | 47.5% | 50.0% | <0.001 |
| Unmarried | 32.0% | 27.8% | 52.6% | 50.0% | |
| Education | |||||
| < H.S. Diploma | 20.2% | 22.1% | 12.3% | 13.3% | <0.001 |
| High School | 20.1% | 25.3% | 25.3% | 25.1% | |
| Some College | 15.0% | 18.9% | 24.1% | 23.3% | |
| College Degree | 44.8% | 33.7% | 38.3% | 38.3% | |
| Employment | |||||
| Unemployed | 39.9% | 53.5% | 29.5% | 31.6% | <0.001 |
| Employed | 60.1% | 46.5% | 70.5% | 68.4% | |
| Poverty Status | |||||
| < 200% FPL | 33.4% | 53.1% | 36.4% | 37.4% | <0.001 |
| 200–399% FPL | 30.3% | 26.1% | 31.5% | 31.1% | |
| 400%+ of FPL | 36.3% | 20.8% | 32.0% | 31.5% | |
| Insurance | |||||
| Uninsured | 13.1% | 22.9% | 21.6% | 21.3% | 0.007 |
| Insured | 86.9% | 77.1% | 78.4% | 78.7% | |
| Census Region | |||||
| 1 Northeast | 14.4% | 13.7% | 16.5% | 16.2% | 0.686 |
| 2 Midwest | 23.0% | 23.3% | 24.9% | 24.7% | |
| 3 South | 38.2% | 41.4% | 37.3% | 37.6% | |
| 4 West | 24.4% | 21.6% | 21.3% | 21.5% | |
| SAMPLE SIZE | |||||
| Unweighted | 273 | 392 | 5,099 | 5,764 | |
| Weighted | 2,552,894 | 3,366,825 | 47,078,407 | 52,998,126 | |