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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Womens Health Issues. 2019 Mar 12;29(3):213–221. doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2019.02.001

Table 2.

Sample characteristics for pregnant women in the 1985–2016 pooled BRFSS data with alcohol consumption data (n=57,194), unweighted

n %
Age
18–24 13,866 24.2
25–29 17,200 30.1
30–34 16,032 28.0
35–39 7,783 13.6
40–45 2,130 3.7
Missing 183 0.3
Race/Ethnicity
White 40,080 70.1
Black 5,369 9.4
Hispanic (any race) 6,779 11.9
Asian/Pacific Islander 1,817 3.2
Native American/Alaska Native 1,200 2.1
Mixed race/Other/Missing 1,949 3.4
Marital Status
Married 40,879 71.5
Divorced/widowed/separated 3,563 6.2
Single 9,206 16.1
Member of an unmarried couple 3,447 6.0
Missing 99 0.2
Education Level
Less than high school 5,312 9.3
High school graduate 14,694 25.7
Some college 15,216 26.6
College graduate 21,919 38.3
Missing 53 0.1
Income Quartile (2013 adjusted)
<=27,000 12,629 22.1
>27, 000–<=49,000 12,009 21.0
>49,000–<=88,000 13,260 23.2
>88,000 13,056 22.8
Missing 6,240 10.9
Current Tobacco Use
No 50,589 88.5
Yes 6,452 11.3
Missing 153 0.3
Current Physical Activity
No 14,104 24.7
Yes 37,820 66.1
Missing 5,270 9.2
U.S. Census Region Represented
Northeast 10,140 17.7
Midwest 14,144 24.7
South 17,551 30.7
West 15,359 26.9
Decade Represented
1980s 3,203 5.6
1990s 10,254 17.9
2000s 25,824 45.2
2010s 17,913 31.3
Policy Exposure
Supportive
   Mandatory Warning Signs 23,638 41.3
   Priority Treatment for Pregnant Women 11,632 20.3
   Priority Treatment for Pregnant Women & Women with Children 5,808 10.2
   Reporting Requirements for Data and Treatment Purposes 26,991 47.2
   Prohibitions on Criminal Prosecution 5,234 9.2
Punitive
   Civil Commitment 3,851 6.7
   Reporting Requirements for CPS Purposes 17,929 31.4
   Child Abuse/Neglect 18,632 32.6
Any drinking 6,342 11.1
Binge drinking 1,266 2.2
Heavy drinking 1,251 2.2