Table 2.
Characteristics of analytic sample, First Baby Study (N=2,787).
| N | % | |
|---|---|---|
| Race/ethnicity | ||
| White | 2325 | 83.4 |
| Black | 200 | 7.2 |
| Latina | 150 | 5.4 |
| Other, multiple race | 112 | 4.0 |
| Education level | ||
| High school degree or less | 460 | 16.5 |
| Some college | 745 | 26.7 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 1582 | 56.8 |
| Insurance type | ||
| Private | 2115 | 75.8 |
| Non-private | 672 | 24.1 |
| Age | ||
| 18–24 | 758 | 27.2 |
| 25–30 | 1365 | 49.0 |
| 31–36 | 664 | 23.8 |
| Partnership status | ||
| Married and living together | 1964 | 70.5 |
| Not married but living with partner | 496 | 17.8 |
| Other | 327 | 11.7 |
| Born outside United States | 171 | 6.1 |
| Rural zipcode of residence | 233 | 8.4 |
| Pre-pregnancy or gestational hypertension | 197 | 7.1 |
| Pre-pregnancy or gestational diabetes | 176 | 6.3 |
| Pre-pregnancy obesity | 549 | 19.7 |
| Labor support from a doula | 185 | 6.6 |
| Gestational age category | ||
| Less than 37 weeks | 111 | 4.0 |
| 37 or 38 weeks | 527 | 18.9 |
| 39–40 weeks | 1708 | 61.3 |
| 41+ weeks | 441 | 15.8 |
| Delivery mode consistent with prenatal preference | 2105 | 75.5 |
| Birth mode | ||
| Spontaneous vaginal | 1842 | 66.1 |
| Assisted vaginal | 257 | 9.2 |
| Cesarean | 688 | 24.7 |
| Labor was induced | 947 | 34.0 |
| High level of shared decision making | 1775 | 63.7 |