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Table 1 Demographic Characteristics of the Study Population

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

  1. aall calculated using chi square test unless otherwise indicated
  2. bvalue expressed as median (IQR) in place of n (%)
  3. cFisher’s exact test calculated in place of chi-square test