Table 2. Prenatal Care and Birth Outcomes, Multivariate Analysis, New York City, 1997-98
Mother's Characteristics,
Insurance Coverage |
Relative Risk |
| Late/No Prenatal Care |
Low Birth Weight Full Term |
Preterm Birth |
| Mother's Characteristics |
|
|
|
| Less than High School
Education |
1.458*** |
1.198*** |
1.057** |
| Foreign Born |
1.097*** |
0.827*** |
0.835*** |
| Race/Ethnicity |
|
|
|
| Black |
1.277*** |
1.452*** |
1.671*** |
| Hispanic, non-Puerto Rican |
0.816*** |
0.891* |
1.142*** |
| Hispanic, Puerto Rican |
0.865*** |
1.251*** |
1.504*** |
| Asian |
1.137*** |
1.467*** |
1.083* |
| "Other" Race |
0.622* |
2.722*** |
1.622** |
| Age Less than 19 |
1.227*** |
1.140* |
0.936* |
| Married |
0.855*** |
0.800*** |
0.836*** |
| Insurance Coverage |
|
|
|
| Medicaid |
4.419*** |
1.093* |
0.987 |
| Self-Pay/Uninsured |
8.009*** |
1.156 |
1.293*** |
| Had Prenatal Care |
— |
0.764*** |
0.891*** |
Comparison categories: Greater than high school education; born in U.S.; race/ethnicity
White; age 19 or older; not married; private insurance coverage; late/no
prenatal care.
*p<.05
**p<.01
***p<.001
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