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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Nurs Res. 2021 Jan;70(5):S3–S12. doi: 10.1097/NNR.0000000000000523

Table 1.

Characteristics of Women Enrolled in InterGEN Study (N = 250)

Total Sample Less Vulnerable
Neighborhoods
(n=225)
Most Vulnerable
Neighborhoods a
(n=25)
N (%) n (%) n (%) p-valueb
Age
20-29 years 105 (42.0) 92 (40.9) 13 (52.0) .55
30-39 years 124 (49.6) 114 (50.7) 10(40.0)
40-49 years 21 (8.4) 19 (8.4) 2 (8.0)
Education
Less than high school 13 (5.2) 12 (5.3) 1 (4.0) .84
High school graduate 91 (36.7) 80 (35.6) 11 (44.0)
Some college 82 (33.1) 73 (32.4) 9 (36.0)
Associate’s degree or higher 62 (25.0) 49 (21.8) 4 (16.0)
Annual household income .37
< US $15,000 111 (46.4) 96(45.1) 15 (60.0)
US $15,000-50,000 102 (42.9) 94(44.1) 8 (32.0)
> US$50,000 25 (10.5) 23(10.8) 2 (8.0)
Health insurance type
Private 35 (14.1) 33 (14.7) 2 (8.0) .07
Medicaid 154 (62.1) 142 (63.1) 12 (48.0)
Government provided/ACA 37 (14.9) 28 (12.4) 9 (36.0)
Other 7 (2.8) 6 (2.7) 1 (4.0)
None 14 (5.7) 13 (5.8) 1 (4.0)
Current smoker
Yes 54 (21.9) 48 (21.6) 6(24.0) .79
No 193 (78.1) 174 (78.4) 19(76.0)
Marital status
Single/ Divorced/ Separated 175 (70.6) 161 (71.6) 14 (73.7) .29
Married/ cohabiting 73 (29.4) 62 (27.6) 11 (26.3)
Latina ethnicity 22 (8.8) 19 (2.8) 3 (6.0) .80

Note. SVI = Social Vulnerability Index.

a

Most vulnerable neighborhoods are those that scored in the top 10% of our sample for overall Social Vulnerability Index (SVI) score (> 0.976). Less vulnerable neighborhoods are the remaining 90% of neighborhoods.

b

Chi-square tests used to compare participants living in less vulnerable versus most vulnerable neighborhoods.