Table 1.

Age-Standardized Sociodemographic, Health Behavior, and Clinical Characteristics^a among Women 18–49 Years of Age (n=71,644) by Race/Ethnicity and Pregnancy Status, National Health Interview Survey, 2004–2017

	Overall		Non-Hispanic whites		Non-Hispanic blacks		Hispanics/Latinas
	Pregnant	Not Pregnant	Pregnant	Not Pregnant	Pregnant	Not Pregnant	Pregnant	Not Pregnant
	n=2,349	n=69,295	n=1,581	n=48,078	n=404	n=12,964	n=364	n=8,253
Mean age ± SE (unstandardized)	28 ±0.14	34 ± 0.07	29 ± 0.16	34 ± 0.09	27 ± 0.33	34 ± 0.12	27 ± 0.30	32 ± 0.12
Age-Standardized Distribution (%)
Marital status
Married	66	41	74	46	29	19	60	39
Divorced/separated/ widowed	10	18	9	18	18	20	9	20
Never married	24	41	17	36	54	62	31	41
Educational attainment
<High school	8	7	7	5	13	11	14	12
High school graduate/GED	22	21	20	20	28	25	30	25
Some college	32	38	30	37	39	42	34	42
≥College	38	34	43	38	21	22	22	21
Class of worker
Private wage	77	78	77	78	81	77	74	77
Government	17	17	16	17	17	20	24	19
Self-employedb	6	5	7	6	2	3	3	4
Occupational class
Professional/management	19	17	20	19	13	12	16	14
Support services	67	65	67	64	65	65	72	68
Laborers	15	18	13	17	23	23	12	17
Annual household income <$35K (yes)	30	38	23	33	64	59	38	42
Living in poverty (yes)	16	18	10	15	47	32	18	22
Smoking status
Never	63	63	60	59	71	74	83	72
Current	12	23	13	24	14	20	4	16
Former	24	14	27	16	15	6	13	12
Alcohol consumption
Never	16	15	13	12	33	27	23	20
Current	66	75	68	79	55	63	61	70
Former	18	10	20	9	11	10	16	10
Physical activity
None/unable	35	25	30	21	57	39	47	29
Moderate	26	26	27	26	19	24	26	25
High	39	50	43	53	24	38	27	46
Weight, kg/m 2
Underweight/normal, <25	40	47	45	52	18	29	25	37
Overweight, ≥25-<30	27	25	26	24	23	28	34	28
Obese, ≥30	34	28	29	24	59	43	40	35
Clinical characteristics
Hypertension	11	14	10	12	20	23	11	12
Diabetesc	2	3	2	3	6	5	3	5
Heart disease	4	5	4	6	7	5	4	4
Cancer	3	4	3	5	2	2	6	3
Depressive symptoms
None/little/some	97	97	98	97	93	95	98	95
Most/all of time	3	3	2	3	7	5	2	5
Health status
Excellent/very good	76	70	79	73	62	59	70	63
Good	19	22	17	21	25	28	26	27
Fair/poor	6	8	4	7	13	13	4	10

Abbreviations: GED, General Education Diploma; SE, Standard error

^aUnweighted frequencies; weighted percentages and means. Some columns may not add to 100% due to rounding.

^bSelf-employed includes work without pay.

^cIncludes type 1 and 2 diabetes mellitus; does not include gestational diabetes.