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Characteristic Number (n = 355) Percentage Race or ethnicity White 89 25.4 Hispanic 139 39.6 Black 51 14.5 American Indian 4 1.1 Asian 63 18.0 Multicultural 5 1.4 (Missing) 4 Marital status Married 198 56.1 Living with boyfriend or partner 97 27.5 Divorced, widowed, or separated 9 2.6 Never married 49 13.9 (Missing) 2 Number of children other than newborn 0 137 38.8 1 117 33.1 2 55 15.6 3 28 7.9 4 7 2.0 5 6 1.7 6+ 3 0.8 (Missing) 2 Highest education Less than high school 119 34.2 High school graduate 95 27.3 Some college or technical school 62 17.8 College graduate 72 20.7 (Missing) 7 Annual household income ≤$20,000 179 62.8 $20,001–$40,000 47 16.5 $40,001–$60,000 24 8.4 >$60,000 35 12.3 (Missing) 70 Language spoken in home English 184 51.8 Spanish 112 31.6 Hmong 38 10.7 Other 21 5.9 Mother’s insurance: Medicaid 182 51.3 Other insurance 164 46.2 None 9 2.5 Length of stay 24 to 47 hours 203 57.2 48 to 95 hours 139 39.2 ≥96 hours 13 3.7 Does new baby have medical insurance? Yes 248 70.5 No 87 24.7 Don’t know 17 4.8 (Missing) 3 - Table 2.
Infants Receiving Home or Clinic Visits by 2 Weeks of Age by Maternal Characteristic
Characteristic N Percentage P Value Language spoken in home English 139 87.4 .08* All other languages 158 80.6 Number of other children 0 121 88.3 .002† 1 99 84.6 2 46 83.6 3 or more 29 65.9 Highest education level Less than high school 94 79.0 .002† High school graduate 74 77.9 Some college or technical school 55 88.7 College graduate 68 94.4 Annual household income ≤$20,000 144 80.5 .02† $20,001–$40,000 39 83.0 $40,001–$60,000 22 91.7 >$60,000 33 94.3 Maternal medical insurance Medicaid 150 82.4 .04* Other insurance 142 86.6 None 5 55.6 Does new baby have medical insurance? Yes 215 86.7 0.02* No 69 79.3 Don’t know 11 64.7 Race or ethnicity White 81 91.0 0.10* Hispanic 117 84.2 Black 41 80.4 Other 7 77.8 Asian 47 74.6 Marital Status Married 165 83.3 0.19* Living with boyfriend or partner 84 86.6 Divorced, widowed, separated 9 100 Never married 37 75.5 * Based on Pearson χ2.
† Based on Mantel-Haenszel test for trend.
- Table 3.
Logistic Regression Model Predicting One or More Home or Clinic Visits within 2 Weeks of Infant Delivery
OR 95% CI P Value Maternal education Some college or more 2.84 1.32–6.11 .007 High school 0.85 0.44–1.67 .64 Less than high school REF Number of children other than new infant ≥2 0.42 0.21–0.86 0.02 1 0.73 0.35–1.53 0.41 None REF
