Research Article
Race, Socioeconomic Status, and Age: Exploring Intersections in Preterm Birth Disparities among Teen Mothers
Table 1
Demographic characteristics of study sample [mean ± standard deviation or
(%)].
| | African-American () | White () |
| Median income (US Dollars) | $37,113 ± $14,690 | $44,081 ± $13,192 | Low (<$31,389) | 2986 (38.4%) | 1138 (13.1%) | Middle ($31,389–$48,466) | 3287 (42.2%) | 4942 (56.9%) | High (>$48,466) | 1508 (19.4%) | 2611 (30.0%) | Maternal age (years) | 17.87 ± 1.26 | 18.08 ± 1.09 | Age <17 | 1145 (14.7%) | 852 (9.8%) | Age 17–19 | 6636 (85.3%) | 7839 (90.2%) |
|
|
All differences between racial categories were significant at < 0.001.
|