Table. Mother and Child Characteristics Among Those Completing the First Nurse Home Visit (N = 279)a.
| No. (%) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Responsive Parenting Group (n = 140) | Control Group (n = 139) | |
| Neonates and Infants | ||
| Boys | 75 (54) | 69 (50) |
| Gestational age, mean (SD), wk | 39.6 (1.2) | 39.5 (1.1) |
| Birth weight, mean (SD), kg | 3.40 (0.43) | 3.46 (0.43) |
| Birth length, mean (SD), cm | 50.9 (2.4) | 51.0 (2.1) |
| Birth BMI, mean (SD) | 13.1 (1.2) | 13.3 (1.3) |
| Mothers | ||
| Age, mean (SD), y | 28.7 (4.6) | 28.7 (4.9) |
| Prepregnancy BMI, mean (SD) | 25.5 (5.0) | 25.3 (5.6) |
| Gestational weight gain, mean (SD), kg | 15.6 (6.4) | 15.0 (6.0) |
| Diabetes during pregnancy | 6 (4.3) | 13 (9.4) |
| Smoked during pregnancy | 12 (8.6) | 9 (6.5) |
| Hispanic ethnicity | 10 (7.1) | 9 (6.5) |
| Race | ||
| White | 122 (87.1) | 127 (91.4) |
| Black | 10 (7.1) | 7 (5.0) |
| Asian | 5 (3.6) | 4 (2.9) |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 (0.7) | 0 |
| Other | 2 (1.4) | 1 (0.7) |
| Marital status | ||
| Married | 102 (72.9) | 108 (77.7) |
| Not married, living with partner | 25 (17.9) | 19 (13.7) |
| Single | 12 (8.6) | 12 (8.6) |
| Divorced or separated | 1 (0.7) | 0 |
| Education | ||
| ≤High school graduate | 16 (11.4) | 16 (11.5) |
| Some college | 37 (26.4) | 36 (25.9) |
| College graduate | 48 (34.3) | 52 (37.4) |
| ≥Graduate degree | 39 (27.9) | 35 (25.2) |
Abbreviation: BMI, body mass index (calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared).
a
First nurse home visit occurred at child age 3 to 4 weeks.