Table 2 Study population with/without WIC during baseline and Great Recession periods (n / % unless otherwise indicated)

 Birth weight in grams

 SD=

 n=

3179.7

(620.6)

34,485

3217

(562.2)

97,033

3199.2

(616.5)

20,236

3210.5

(561.4)

75,081

 Low birth weight (< 2500 g)

3285

(9.5%)

7886

(8.1%)

1895

(9.4%)

6128

(8.1%)

 Mother’s age, years (mean) SD=

 n=

24.0 (6.0)

34,478

22.1 (5.3)

97,024

24.5 (5.9)

20,234

22.2 (5.2)

75,077

 Teenage births (< 19 years) as component group of total study population

8279 (24.0%)

34,810 (35.9%)

4315 (21.3%)

26,041 (34.7%)

 Teenage births (age ≤ 14 years) as component group of total study population

155 (4.5%)

653 (6.7%)

68 (3.4%)

424 (5.6%)

 Non-Hispanic White

19,319 (56.9%)

43,515 (45.3%)

11,600 (58.4%)

33,550 (45.2%)

 Hispanic White^a

5116 (15.1%)

20,635 (21.5%)

2502 (12.6%)

14,459 (19.5%)

 Non-Hispanic Black

5457 (16.1%)

22,959 (23.9%)

3236 (16.3%)

18,309 (24.7%)

 Non-Hispanic Asian

1557 (4.6%)

1588 (1.7%)

983 (5.0%)

1381 (1.9%)

 Other

2506 (7.4%)

7472 (7.8%)

1556 (7.8%)

6519 (8.8%)

 Foreign-Born (outside of the U.S.)

12,437 (36.1%)

27,872 (28.7%)

7082 (35.0%)

20,058 (26.7%)

 Married

13,260 (38.5%)

23,264 (24.0%)

7661 (37.9%)

16,057 (21.4%)

 Education Less than High School^b

3660 (10.4%)

11,414 (11.8%)

1778 (8.8%)

7533 (10.0%)

 Late or No Entry to prenatal care (not within the first 3 months of pregnancy)

9746 (28.3%)

26,509 (27.3%)

5815 (28.7%)

20,671 (27.5%)