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Characteristic
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n
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%
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Mothers
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Race
| | |
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African American
|
52
|
96.3
|
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White
|
2
|
3.7
|
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Relationship status
| | |
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Singlea
|
48
|
88.9
|
|
Married
|
6
|
11.1
|
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Education level
| | |
|
≤ High school graduate
|
24
|
44.4
|
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≥ Some college/technical
|
30
|
55.6
|
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Employment status
| | |
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Full time/part-time
|
21
|
38.9
|
|
Unemployed (looking)
|
19
|
35.2
|
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Homemaker/student
|
14
|
25.9
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Smoker in household
|
16
|
29.6
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Smoking status
| | |
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Current
|
2
|
3.7
|
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Stopped before pregnancy
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1
|
1.9
|
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Stopped after became pregnant
|
1
|
1.9
|
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Never
|
50
|
92.6
|
|
Medicaid health insurance
|
54
|
100.0
|
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Receiving SNAP
|
41
|
75.9
|
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Receiving WIC
|
48
|
88.9
|
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Infants
|
|
Male gender
|
31
|
57.4
|
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Non-Hispanic ethnicity
|
53
|
98.1
|
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Race
| | |
|
African American
|
52
|
96.3
|
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White
|
2
|
3.7
|
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Fed formula within 24 h of birth
|
48
|
88.9
|
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Ever breastfed
|
21
|
38.9
|
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Premature (< 37 weeks gestation)b
|
7
|
13.0
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Mean
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SD
|
|
Mothers
|
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Age (years)
|
23.6
|
4.84
|
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Household size
|
3.9
|
1.58
|
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Pre-pregnancy BMIc
|
28.9
|
7.91
|
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Post-pregnancy BMId
|
30.9
|
7.70
|
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Infants
|
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Weeks gestationb
|
38.7
|
1.69
|
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Birth weight (g)
|
3132.1
|
566.37
|
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Birth length (cm)
|
48.6
|
2.92
|
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Birth weight-for-length percentilee
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51.9
|
37.45
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- SNAP Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, WIC Special Supplemental Program for Women, Infants and Children
- aIncludes 1 participant who indicated she is divorced
- bBased on conception date (from online pregnancy calculator and using self-reported due date)
- cBased on measured height and self-reported weight
- dBased on weight measured at first postnatal visit
- eBased on World Health Organization age- and sex-specific growth curves for children
