2011 The Palm Beach County Family Study (Full Report)

Table B- 2. Characteritics of TGA Mothers with Maternal Child Health Partnership Risk Screens, 2004–2009 aTGA 2004–2005 TGA 2006 TGA 2007 TGA 2008 TGA 2009MCHPMCHPMCHPMCHPMCHPMaternalBirthBirthBirthBirthBirthCharacteristic b “At“At“At“At“AtEventsRisk” d EventsRisk” d EventsRisk” d EventsRisk” d EventsRisk” d(n=12,435) (n=4,403) (n=6,716) (n=2,540) (n=6,629) (n=2,583) (n=6,365) (n=2,520) (n=5,844) (n=1,853)% % % % % % % % % %Unmarried mother 57 83 60 84 61 84 62 85 62 86Teen mother atchild’s birth14 23 14 23 14 22 13 21 12 18< HS education 35 56 38 62 37 61 36 60 36 65Black c 36 51 35 45 37 46 37 48 38 47Hispanic c 39 39 43 47 42 46 42 44 39 45Foreign-born 47 49 48 53 48 53 48 51 46 52Low birth weight 9 15 9 15 10 15 10 15 10 16a Source: Vital Statistics and FOCiS (2004–2009). Data for the year 5 study sample were weighted to account for oversampling of mothers “at risk” and mothers residing in theGlades TGA. This data reports Maternal Child Health Partnership risk screening that is slightly different than was reported in the year 3 report due to updated score data. The birthof twins, triplets, and other multiples are counted as one birth event.b Does not include mothers who responded “I don’t know” to any of the Vital Statistics questionsc To be consistent with the racial/ethnic categories in the survey, mothers who identified as Haitian are coded as black.d “At Risk” indicates a score of 4 or above on the Healthy Start risk screen.Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago 167