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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Neurotoxicol Teratol. 2015 Nov 25;53:64–74. doi: 10.1016/j.ntt.2015.11.009

Table 1.

Stressors Reported by Smoking and Non-Smoking Mothers During Pregnancy and at the 5-Year Follow-up

% Prenatal Time Point 5 Year Time Point
PTE Non – PTE p PTE Non – PTE p
Medicaid support 84.42 82.01 .58 78.43 78.42 .99
Unemployed 6.49 5.76 .79 14.38 10.79 .36
Household crowding 5.19 5.04 .95 11.18 8.63 .47
Low Maternal Education 16.88 4.32 <.001 11.76 4.32 .02
No caregiving partner 14.29 9.35 .19 41.18 28.78 .02
High financial stress 35.06 29.71 .33 27.27 23.02 .40
High home & neighborhood stress 29.22 26.47 .50 22.08 23.74 .74
High physical health stress .65 1.45 .60 2.60 2.88 .88
High family-related stress 17.53 17.39 .97 27.27 23.02 .40
High friend-related stress 18.18 9.42 .03 18.18 13.77 .31
High negative live events 53.90 39.13 .01 41.56 25.9 <.01
High cumulative stress 56.58 38.85 <.01 54.61 44.20 .08
M (SD) Cumulative stress score 2.82 (1.73) 2.26 (1.73) <.01 3.02 (2.07) 2.47 (1.73) .01

Note. PTE: Prenatal tobacco exposure; Unemployed: No member of household currently employed; Household crowding: Resident to room ratio >1; Low maternal education: < High school education; High cumulative stress: > 3 stressors