From: Prenatal care utilization in pregnant women who consider but do not have abortions
Characteristics | Contemplators n (%) | Non-Contemplators n (%) | P-valuea |
---|---|---|---|
Total, n = 277 | n = 94 | n = 183 | |
Race | < 0.01 | ||
White | 28 (29.8%) | 111 (60.7%) | |
Black | 62 (66.0%) | 51 (27.9%) | |
Other | 4 (4.3%) | 21 (11.5%) | |
Hispanic ethnicity | 8 (8.5%) | 16 (8.7%) | 0.95 |
Ageb, (years) | 24 (21–28) | 29 (24–34) | < 0.01 |
Public insurance | 80 (85.1%) | 87 (47.5%) | < 0.01 |
Low educational attainment | 69 (73.4%) | 73 (39.9%) | < 0.01 |
Multiparous | 62 (66%) | 112 (61.2%) | 0.44 |
Number of prior pregnanciesb | 2 (1–3) | 1 (1–2) | 0.02 |
History of prior termination of pregnancy | 38 (40.4%) | 40 (21.9%) | < 0.01 |
History of pre-gestational diabetes | 1 (1.1%) | 8 (4.4%) | 0.28c |
History of chronic hypertension | 4 (4.3%) | 9 (4.9%) | 1.0c |
Alcohol use in pregnancy | 5 (5.3%) | 6 (3.3%) | 0.26 |
Tobacco use in pregnancy | 28 (29.8%) | 26 (14.2%) | < 0.01 |
Substance use in pregnancy | 29 (30.9%) | 16 (8.7%) | < 0.01 |
Prenatal depression | 51 (54.3%) | 78 (42.6%) | 0.07 |
Sexually transmitted infection in pregnancy | 17 (18.1%) | 7 (3.8%) | < 0.01 |
Gestational age at presentation to prenatal careb | 20 (14–25) | 9 (7–11) | < 0.01 |