2011 The Palm Beach County Family Study (Full Report)

Table B- 5. Logistic Regression Predicting Likelihood of Receiving Treatment aPredictor Variable Odds Ratio Sig.Baseline CharacteristicsMother drank alcohol while pregnant 1.1 NSMother used WIC while pregnant 2.1 ***Mother used tobacco while pregnant b 1.3 ***Late, unknown, or no prenatal care c 1.2 ***Mother obtained less than high school diploma 2.1 ***Mother unmarried 2.2 ***Mother younger than 20 1.9 ***Maternal health problem during pregnancy d 1.2 ***Child complications at delivery e 1.4 ***Low birth weight f 1.0 NSFocal child born premature 1.0 NSGlades residency 2.1 ***Race/nativityBlack—Foreign-born 0.7 ***Hispanic—Foreign-born (excluded category) — —White/other—Foreign-born 0.3 ***Black—U.S.-born 0.3 ***Hispanic—U.S.-born 0.3 ***White/other—U.S.-born 0.2 ***Year of Focal Child’s BirthFocal child was born in 2004 (excluded category) — —Focal child was born in 2005 0.9 ***Focal child was born in 2006 0.9 *Focal child was born in 2007 0.9 **Focal child was born in 2008 0.9 ^Focal child was born in 2009 0.6 ***χ 2 (22, N=106,327) 28466.70Pseudo R 2 0.2349a Weights were not applied to this analysis.b Tobacco use does not include those who indicated that they were “unsure” if they used tobacco, but did include those who quitwhile pregnant.c “Late” prenatal care is prenatal care that began in the third trimester.d Diabetes, hypertension, previous preterm birth, previous poor pregnancy outcome, pregnancy result of infertility treatments, or“other” health complicationseVentilator required, newborn given antibiotics, significant birth injury, hyaline membranes disease, NICU admission, seizures,serious neurologic dysfunction, surfactant given to newborn, or “other” delivery complicationsf Less than 2500 grams^p < .10, *p < .05, **p < .01, or ***p < .001.Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago 175