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. 2020 Mar 2;145(3):e20191523. doi: 10.1542/peds.2019-1523

TABLE 1.

Weighted Demographic Characteristics of SAFE Population (N = 3260)

n a Weighted, % US Vital Statistics (2011–2013)b
Maternal age, y
 <20 268 7.4 7.8
 20–29 1770 52.2 51.6
 ≥30 1222 40.4 40.6
Maternal education
 Less than high school 468 12.6 17.1
 High school or general education diploma 822 23.6 25.1
 Some college 1027 30.7 29.0
 College degree or more 930 33.1 28.8
Parity
 1 1200 37.8 39.7
 2 1083 33.7 31.5
 3+ 968 28.5 28.3
Maternal race and/or ethnicity
 Non-Hispanic white 1272 52.7 54.1
 Non-Hispanic African American 809 12.7 14.8
 Hispanic 899 25.8 23.0
 Other 279 8.8 8.0
Infant age at time of survey, wk N/A
 8–11 2007 63.0
 12–15 557 17.0
 16–19 317 9.3
 ≥20 379 10.7
Infant sex
 Female 1670 49.1 48.8
 Male 1586 50.9 51.2
Infant birth wt, g
 <2500 199 5.7 8.0
 ≥2500 3042 94.3 91.9

Adapted from Eisenberg SR, Bair-Merritt MH, Colson ER, Heeren TC, Geller NL, Corwin MJ. Maternal report of advice received for infant care. Pediatrics. 2015;136(2). NA, not available or applicable.

a

Not all numbers add to 3260 because of missing data.

b

US Vital Statistics data are not applicable to infant age at the time of survey response.