Initial Feasibility of a Woman-Focused Intervention for Pregnant African-American Women
Table 1
Baseline demographic and background characteristics for the total sample and the Women’s CoOp for Pregnant African-American Women and treatment-as-usual conditions.
Total sample ()
Women’s CoOp ()
Treatment-as-usual ()
P
Demographic Characteristics
M (SD)
Maternal age in years
28.7 (6.6)
28.2 (5.7)
29.2 (7.5)
.76
f (%)
Race: Black/African American
59 (100%)
30 (100%)
29 (100%)
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Education
Completed high school
21 (36%)
10 (33%)
11 (38%)
.79
Relationship status
Never married
48 (81%)
23 (77%)
25 (86%)
.51
Pregnancy
Unplanned
53 (90%)
27 (90%)
26 (90%)
1.00
Had you gone for prenatal care for this pregnancy?
52 (88%)
28 (93%)
24 (83%)
.25
Used any drugs since you found out pregnant?
41 (70%)
22 (73%)
19 (66%)
.58
Interpersonal violence
Ever been physically abused:
Never
44%
40%
48%
.60
More than 12 months ago
31%
33%
28%
.78
One year ago or less
25%
27%
10%
.18
Ever been sexually abused:
Never
58%
50%
66%
.29
More than 12 months ago
31%
37%
24%
.40
One year ago or less
12%
13%
10%
1.00
The test statistic for maternal age was the independent-samples t-test. The remaining variables were tested with the goodness-of-fit test, with . Probability values for the tests are exact. Percentages are within the respective group.