Table 1.

Characteristics of study participants and comparison of demographic variables with women at the study site

Variable	Percent	n	Study participants compared to women receiving servicesa
Age (years)
20–30	77	77
>31	23	23	χ 2 (1) = 2.03, P = .15
Education
<High school	13	13
High school	56	54
2-Year associate’s degree	18	17
4-Year college degree	13	13	χ 2 (1) = .50, P = .48
Relationship status
Single	68	68
Married/in a relationship	25	25
Not in a relationshipb	7	7	χ 2 (1) = 10.67, P = .001*
Annual household income ($)
<9,000	33	32
9000–19,000	40	39
20,000–29,000	18	17
>30,000–39,000	9	9	χ 2 (1) = .60, P = .44
Sex of prior children
Male only	31	31
Female only	25	25
Male and female	12	12
No prior children	32	32
Age of prior children (years)
≤5	90	86
>6	10	9
Depressive symptoms
EPDSf score ≤10	65.6	63
EPDS score ≥10	34.4	33
JHPc question 1: African American youth and negative police experienced (%)
Agree	41	41
Disagree	36	36
Unsure	13	13
Missing	10	10
JHP question 2: losing our African American boys and mene (%)
Agree	71	71
Disagree	18	18
Unsure	6	6
Missing	5	5

*P ≤ 0.001

^aChi-square results for available demographic variables between study participants and women receiving prenatal services

^bIncludes separated, divorce, and widowed

^c JHP Jackson, Hogue, Phillips Contextualized Stress Measure

^dThe African American youth in my community are more likely than other youth to have a negative experience with law enforcement

^eI feel we are losing our African American boys and men

^f EPDS Edinburgh postnatal depression scale