Infant activity and sleep behaviors in a maternal and infant home visiting project among rural, southern, African American women

Table 2 Baseline socio-demographic, anthropometric, and birth characteristics of Delta Healthy Sprouts participants and their infants (N = 54)

Characteristic	n	%
Mothers
Race
African American	52	96.3
White	2	3.7
Relationship status
Single^a	48	88.9
Married	6	11.1
Education level
≤ High school graduate	24	44.4
≥ Some college/technical	30	55.6
Employment status
Full time/part-time	21	38.9
Unemployed (looking)	19	35.2
Homemaker/student	14	25.9
Smoker in household	16	29.6
Smoking status
Current	2	3.7
Stopped before pregnancy	1	1.9
Stopped after became pregnant	1	1.9
Never	50	92.6
Medicaid health insurance	54	100.0
Receiving SNAP	41	75.9
Receiving WIC	48	88.9
Infants
Male gender	31	57.4
Non-Hispanic ethnicity	53	98.1
Race
African American	52	96.3
White	2	3.7
Fed formula within 24 h of birth	48	88.9
Ever breastfed	21	38.9
Premature (< 37 weeks gestation)^b	7	13.0
	Mean	SD
Mothers
Age (years)	23.6	4.84
Household size	3.9	1.58
Pre-pregnancy BMI^c	28.9	7.91
Post-pregnancy BMI^d	30.9	7.70
Infants
Weeks gestation^b	38.7	1.69
Birth weight (g)	3132.1	566.37
Birth length (cm)	48.6	2.92
Birth weight-for-length percentile^e	51.9	37.45

SNAP Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, WIC Special Supplemental Program for Women, Infants and Children
^aIncludes 1 participant who indicated she is divorced
^bBased on conception date (from online pregnancy calculator and using self-reported due date)
^cBased on measured height and self-reported weight
^dBased on weight measured at first postnatal visit
^eBased on World Health Organization age- and sex-specific growth curves for children

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