Table 1.

Characteristics of the study population at enrollment, N = 91

	N	%
Age
Under 25	58	63.7
25 and over	33	36.3
Race/ethnicity
White, non-Hispanic	13	14.3
Black, non-Hispanic	71	78.0
Mixed race, Hispanic	1	1.1
Mixed race, non-Hispanica	6	6.6
Education
Less than 12 years	18	20.0
12 years	44	48.9
More than 12 years	28	31.1
Parity
0	37	41.1
1	26	28.9
2 or more	27	30.0
Employment
Full -time	22	24.4
Part-time	12	13.3
Unemployed	56	62.2
Student status
Full or part-time	15	16.7
Non student	75	81.3
Sexuality
Straight/heterosexual	80	88.9
Other	10	11.1
Insurance
Not public	12	13.3
Public	78	86.7
Marital status
Single	74	82.2
Married	10	11.1
Separated	2	2.2
Divorced	1	1.1
Engaged	3	3.3
# days consumed alcohol/week (prior to pregnancy)
Less than 3	84	93.3
3 or more	6	6.7
Ever smoked, ingested or inhaled recreational drugs	31	34.4
Ever injected recreational drugs	1	1.1
Ever exchanged sex for food, shelter, money or drugs	0	0
Ever used any intravaginal productb	85	94.4
Ever used douche in vagina	53	58.9
Ever used sexual lubricant	35	38.9
Ever put something in vagina to treat symptoms	40	44.4
Ever put something in the vagina for contraception	24	26.7
Ever put something in the vagina for menstrual control (e.g. tampons, menstrual cup) menstrual	72	80.0

Sample includes 91 women deemed “evaluable” per study protocol, of 98 women total who enrolled but did not complete procedures. Denominators are less than 91 for some variables due to missing information

^a3 participants marked Black and White, 1 marked: Black, White and Native American, 1 marked Asian and White, 1 wrote in “biracial”

^bThis is a created variable that includes Individuals who answered “yes” to use of one or more of the products described in non-bold text underneath