Perceived stress and emotional social support among women who are denied or receive abortions in the United States: a prospective cohort study

Table 1 Baseline by study group

	Near limit abortion (ref) n = 413		First trimester abortion^an = 254		Parenting turnaway^an = 146
	%	n	%	n	%	n
Demographics
Age (mean, SD)^b (n = 813)	24.9	5.9	25.9*	5.7	23.4**	5.5
Gestational age in weeks (mean, SD) (n = 813)	19.7	4.1	7.6***	2.3	23.1***	3.4
Race/ethnicity (n = 813)			*
Ehite	32	132	39	99	24	35
Black	32	131	32	80	34	50
Hispanic/Latina	21	87	21	54	29	42
Other	15	63	8	21	13	19
Household composition (n = 813)			*		*
No other adult	30	122	36	92	20	29
Male partner	24	99	30	77	20	29
Adult relative	38	255	26	66	49	71
Non-adult relative	9	37	8	20	12	17
Parity (n = 813)					**
Nulliparous	33	604	35	403	48	303
Baby under 1	12	228	11	126	6	39
1+ previous births, no new baby	25	432	20	213	17	116
2+ previous births, no new baby	30	537	34	373	29	176
Mother's Highest Level of Education (n = 813)			**
<high school	12	51	20	52	14	21
High school or GED	36	148	36	91	35	51
Associate’s, some college, tech school	19	80	14	35	21	30
College	22	92	24	62	19	28
Missing	10	42	6	14	11	16
School/working status (n = 813)			*		+
Not in school or employed	32	132	23	58	38	55
In school	14	57	13	34	21	30
Employed	40	167	42	105	30	44
In school and employed	14	57	22	56	12	17
Mental health (n = 813)
History of depression	19	77	25+	63	15	22
History of anxiety	15	62	16	41	12	18
Stressors (n = 813)
History of child abuse/neglect	26	108	28	71	25	37
Experienced violence in past year	23	95	24	60	16+	23
Was strongly affected by at least one stressful life event	33	138	36	92	30	44
Caretaker to sick relative	7	30	5	12	9	13
Has any type of chronic pain	34	139	39	99	39	57
Poor self-rated physical health	18	76	20	51	17	25

^agroup differs from Near Limit Abortion Group by + p < .10, *p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001.
^bSample includes one participant aged 14 who was recruited early in the study before the minimum enrollment age was changed to 15. Ref = reference group, SD = standard devision.

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