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Table 1 Maternal characteristics for sample by intervention status

From: Evaluation of a Tennessee statewide initiative to reduce early elective deliveries using quasi-experimental methods

Maternal Characteristic

Overall

(n = 283,173)

Intervention Period

P-value

Pre

(n = 149,333)

Post

(n = 133,840)

Age, mean ± SD

26.6 ± 5.8

26.4 ± 5.9

26.7 ± 5.8

< 0.0001

Race, n (%)

0.0379

White

189,534 (66.9)

99,708 (66.8)

89,826 (67.1)

 

Black

60,947 (21.5)

32,179 (21.6)

28,768 (21.5)

 

Other

32,692 (11.5)

17,446 (11.7)

15,246 (11.4)

 

Hispanic Ethnicity, n (%)

27,004 (9.5)

14,459 (9.7)

12,545 (9.4)

0.0052

More than a High School Education, n (%)

147,846 (52.2)

76,326 (51.1)

71,520 (53.4)

< 0.0001

Insurance Type, n (%)

< 0.0001

Private

143,306 (50.6)

74,704 (50.0)

68,602 (51.3)

 

Medicaid

112,887 (39.9)

59,867 (40.1)

53,020 (39.6)

 

Other

26,980 (9.5)

14,762 (9.9)

12,218 (9.1)

 

Annual Income <$25,000, n (%)

105,231 (37.2)

54,973 (36.8)

50,258 (37.6)

< 0.0001

Prenatal visits ≥5, n (%)

246,204 (86.9)

129,815 (86.9)

116,389 (87.0)

0.8043

Nulliparous, n (%)

117,108 (41.4)

62,327 (41.7)

54,781 (40.9)

< 0.0001

  1. Abbreviations: SD standard deviation