TABLE 2.

Associations between women’s lifetime stress exposure severity, prenatal health behaviors, and sociodemographic characteristics (N = 164)

Variables	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
1. Negative prenatal health behaviors
2. Positive prenatal health behaviors	−.24**
3. Lifetime stress exposure severity	.40**	−.25**
4. Age	−.19*	.15*	−.03
5. Household income	−.24**	.35**	−.25**	.61**
6. Household education	−.30**	.34**	−.22**	.54**	.74**
7. Ethnicity: African American	.13	−.28**	.07	−.27**	−.56**	−.53**
8. Ethnicity: Other	−.10	.02	−.01	−.02	−.05	.04	−.16*
9. Marital status	−.25**	.24**	−.21**	.50**	.62**	.63**	−.47**	.07
10. Current perceived stress	.36**	−.38**	.41**	−.30**	−.30**	−.23**	.07	−.00	−.20**
Mean	18.26	29.76	35.15	26.55	4.26	3.30	.26	.07	.63	13.64
Standard deviation	5.84	5.73	28.02	4.55	2.19	1.38	.43	.26	.48	6.57
Range	8–38	10–39	0–123	18–36	1–7	1–5	0–1	0–1	0–1	2–31

^*p < .05

^**p < .01