Section C: Maternal Demographics for Mothers of Low Birth Weight Infants Questions: 1. The County Health...

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Section C: Maternal Demographics for Mothers of Low Birth Weight Infants Questions: 1. The County Health Department was also able to provide you with information about low birth weight births. In the table below, you are provided with maternal demographic, socioeconomic and behavioral data for white LBW births. Use Table 3 to complete the table below for African American LBW births. Characteristic Maternal age 12-19 years No High School Diploma, Age 19+ Previous Preterm Infant or Other Poor Pregnancy Outcome 3rd Trimester entry or no prenatal care Medicaid insurance No prenatal WIC, Medicaid delivery Illegal Drug Use Tobacco Use During Pregnancy Father not listed on birth certificate African American White (% with characteristic) (% with characteristic) 11.1% 25.6% 21.4% 15.8% 59.4% 7.9% 11.5% 46.6% 25.2% 2. Use data from the table above and from the table in Section B, Questions 2, to compare African American low birth weight births with African American births. 3. Use data from the table above and from the table in Section B, Questions 2, to compare white low birth weight births with white births. Section C: Maternal Demographics for Mothers of Low Birth Weight Infants Questions: 1. The County Health Department was also able to provide you with information about low birth weight births. In the table below, you are provided with maternal demographic, socioeconomic and behavioral data for white LBW births. Use Table 3 to complete the table below for African American LBW births. Characteristic Maternal age 12-19 years No High School Diploma, Age 19+ Previous Preterm Infant or Other Poor Pregnancy Outcome 3rd Trimester entry or no prenatal care Medicaid insurance No prenatal WIC, Medicaid delivery Illegal Drug Use Tobacco Use During Pregnancy Father not listed on birth certificate African American White (% with characteristic) (% with characteristic) 11.1% 25.6% 21.4% 15.8% 59.4% 7.9% 11.5% 46.6% 25.2% 2. Use data from the table above and from the table in Section B, Questions 2, to compare African American low birth weight births with African American births. 3. Use data from the table above and from the table in Section B, Questions 2, to compare white low birth weight births with white births.

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