Adverse pregnancy and birth outcomes in sexual minority women from the National Survey of Family Growth

Barcelona, Veronica; Jenkins, Virginia; Britton, Laura E.; Everett, Bethany G.

doi:10.1186/s12884-022-05271-0

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Table 1 Bivariate characteristics of participants by sexual orientation, National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG), 2006–2019 (N = 53,751)

From: Adverse pregnancy and birth outcomes in sexual minority women from the National Survey of Family Growth

	Total Pregnancies:		Heterosexual- WSM		Heterosexual-WSW		Bisexual		Lesbian		Missing
	53,751/36,374 Live Births		Pregnancies: 44,653		Pregnancies: 5,020		Pregnancies: 3,592		Pregnancies: 486
	n	%	n	%	N	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Total pregnancies (%)
Preterm birth
Yes	4168	10.77	3529	10.71	346	10.85	263	11.84	30	8.38	0	0
No	34,538	89.23	29,409	89.29	2843	89.15	1958	88.16	328	91.62
Low birthweight
Yes	3301	9.08	2764	9.67	291	11.28	215	10.96	31	12.02	0	0
No	33,073	90.92	28,437	91.14	2,718	90.33	1,691	88.72	227	87.98
Birthweight, ounces [mean, s.e.]	115.66	0.13	115.81	0.14	115.1	0.44	113.6	0.62	117	1.74	6,762	18.59
Stillbirth (> 20 weeks)
Yes	787	2.12	626	1.97	77	2.50	72	3.64	12	4.44	16,590	30.86
No	36,374	97.88	31,201	98.03	3,009	8.27	1,906	96.36	258	95.56
Miscarriage (< 20 weeks)
Yes	7,929	15.65	6,327	14.97	833	17.44	697	21.48	72	18.41	3,084	5.74
No	42,738	84.35	35,928	85.03	3,943	82.56	2,548	78.52	319	81.59
Maternal age [mean, s.e.]	24.25	0.03	24.48	0.03	23.66	0.08	22.3	0.09	22.52	0.29	1,834
Race
Non-Hispanic White	23,948	44.55	19,015	42.58	2,848	56.73	1,901	52.92	184	37.86	0	0.00
Non-Hispanic Black	14,271	26.55	11,770	26.36	1,268	25.26	1,026	28.56	207	42.59
Hispanic	15.532	28.90	13,868	31.06	904	18.01	665	18.51	95	19.55
Education
< High school/High school graduate	24,570	45.71	20,803	46.59	1,683	33.53	1,828	50.89	256	52.76	0	0.00
Some college	14,701	27.35	11,513	25.78	1,888	37.61	1,152	32.07	148	30.45
College graduate	14,480	26.94	12,337	27.63	1,449	28.86	612	17.04	82	16.87
Percent of the federal poverty line
0–100%	19.859	36.95	16,394	36.71	1,719	34.24	1,574	43.07	199	40.95	0	0.00
100–200%	13,737	25.56	11,365	25.45	1,311	26.12	944	26.28	117	24.07
> 200–300%	20,155	37.50	16,894	37.83	1,990	39.64	1,101	30.65	170	34.98
Foreign born
Yes	9,390	17.47	8,895	19.92	239	4.76	188	5.23	68	13.99	0	0.00
No	44,361	82.53	35,758	80.08	4,781	95.24	3,404	94.77	418	86.01
Previous preterm birth
Yes	3,137	5.84	2,724	6.10	235	4.68	160	4.45	18	3.70	0	0.00
No	50,614	94.16	41,929	93.90	4,785	95.32	3,432	95.55	468	96.30

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