Use of Postpartum Care: Predictors and Barriers

Table 1

Sociodemographic and maternal characteristics of study sample, 2007 LAMB (𝑁=4075).

	𝑁	%	SE
Maternal race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White	794	12.3	0.85
Hispanic	2495	74.1	1.30
Non-Hispanic Black	244	4.6	0.46
Asian/pacific islander	501	8.3	0.75
Native American	41	0.7	0.12
Maternal age, years
0 to 16	44	1.5	0.23
17 to 18	176	6.0	0.45
19 to 29	1970	51.5	0.96
30 to 39	1716	37.8	0.95
40 to 49	169	3.3	0.29
Family income
<$20,000	1509	44.7	1.22
$20,000–39,000	858	21.8	0.74
$40,000–59,000	402	8.2	0.48
$60,000–99,000	530	9.5	0.56
>$100,000	536	8.5	0.67
Not stated	240	7.3	0.51
Marital status
Married	2373	52.7	1.08
Separated/divorced	103	2.9	0.31
Widowed	6	0.2	0.07
Never married but living together	1098	31.5	0.99
Never married but living apart	431	11.0	0.57
Not stated	64	1.7	0.22
Maternal education
Less than HS	1019	37.4	1.32
HS Grad	1045	25.4	0.79
Some college or more	873	18.9	0.71
Not stated	1138	18.3	0.99
Pregnancy intendedness
Yes	1181	27.7	0.79
Yes, but not trying hard	481	11.2	0.52
No, trying hard to keep from getting pregnant	611	14.7	0.62
Neither trying nor preventing pregnancy	1735	44.2	0.86
Not stated	67	2.1	0.29
Prenatal care
Yes	4019	98.5	0.21
No	56	1.5	0.21
Care received prior to pregnancy
Yes	1212	26.7	0.79
No	2184	56.0	0.89
Not stated	679	17.4	0.63
Preterm birth/low birth weight
Yes	739	15.7	0.51
No	3336	84.3	0.51
Newborn visit
Yes	3980	97.4	0.26
No	62	1.7	0.22
Not stated	33	0.9	0.16
Insurance status
No insurance	1339	40.2	1.05
Medi-Cal	788	22.0	0.89
Private	1692	32.3	1.16
Other	119	2.3	0.22
Not stated	137	3.2	0.29
Postpartum care
Yes	3748	91.7	0.47
No	327	8.3	0.47