Table 1.
Descriptive statistic for the total sample and paired t-tests comparing means for sexual minority populations to heterosexual-WSM
| Total Population |
Hetero- WSM |
Hetero- WSW |
Bisexual | Lesbian | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n=19,955) | (n=16,581) | (n=2,156) | (n=l,074) | (n=120) | ||||
| Maternal age (m) | 26.89 | 27.28 | 25.21 | ** | 23.81 | ** | 25.23 | |
| Race/ethnicity (%) | ||||||||
| White | 57.41 | 55.67 | 67.86 | * | 64.97 | * | 48.54 | |
| Black | 15.04 | 14.28 | 18.72 | 18.87 | 19.14 | |||
| Latina | 20.43 | 23.27 | 10.40 | ** | 11.56 | ** | 6.00 | * |
| Other | 7.12 | 7.68 | 3.02 | * | 4.60 | 26.33 | ||
| Education (%) | ||||||||
| High school | 37.65 | 36.92 | 36.92 | 51.93 | ** | 46.79 | ||
| Some college | 26.28 | 24.18 | 38.05 | * | 35.32 | * | 30.96 | |
| College graduate | 36.07 | 38.90 | 25.03 | ** | 12.75 | ** | 22.25 | * |
| Income-to-needs ratio (%) | ||||||||
| <100% | 31.68 | 30.11 | 36.56 | 45.58 | * | 55.59 | * | |
| ≥100% and <200% | 22.81 | 22.59 | 25.22 | 21.51 | 18.62 | |||
| ≥200% and <300% | 15.96 | 15.89 | 17.00 | 15.33 | 11.29 | |||
| ≥300% and <400% | 13.06 | 13.98 | 9.23 | 6.74 | 3.38 | |||
| ≥400% | 16.49 | 17.43 | 12.00 | 10.84 | 11.12 | |||
| Public asisstance (%) | 8.67 | 8.18 | 8.78 | 17.01 | * | 12.78 | ||
| Smoked during pregnancy (%) | 6.83 | 5.52 | 12.93 | * | 15.51 | *** | 11.97 | † |
| Prenatal Care, 1st Trimester (%) | 47.29 | 47.62 | 46.10 | 44.53 | 47.73 | |||
| Intrauterine Insemination (%) | 2.50 | 2.58 | 1.95 | 1.88 | 10.79 | |||
| In Vitro Fertilization (%) | 0.89 | 0.92 | 0.95 | 0.05 | * | 0.00 | *** | |
| Gravidity (m) | 2.39 | 2.44 | 2.08 | * | 2.15 | 2.29 | ||
| Interview date (in century months) (m) | 1344.43 | 1343.68 | 1348.04 | 1347.08 | 1359.75 | |||
| Miscarriage (%) | 19.89 | 18.65 | 24.56 | 30.08 | *** | 30.03 | ||
| Stillbirth (%) | 1.00 | 0.83 | 1.61 | 2.62 | 4.12 | |||
| >LIVE BIRTHS | ||||||||
| (n=15,975) | (n=13,501) | (n=l,634) | (n=754) | (n=86) | ||||
| Preterm Birth (%) | 11.98 | 11.75 | 11.30 | 16.28 | * | 33.92 | † | |
| Very Preterm Birth (%) | 2.00 | 1.84 | 2.40 | 3.81 | 4.80 | * | ||
| Low Birth Weight (%) | 7.59 | 7.35 | 7.74 | 10.02 | 21.63 | * | ||
| Very Low Birth Weight (%) | 1.34 | 1.26 | 1.67 | 2.52 | ** | 1.21 | ||
| Cesarean Section (%) | 29.09 | 28.81 | 32.89 | ** | 25.67 | 24.91 | ||
Source: National Survey of Family Growth 2006-2015
†
p < .10.
*
p < .05
**
p < .01
***
p < .001