Pregnancies Ending in Live Birth to Women 15-44 Years Old, and Months Pregnant When Prenatal Care Began: 1991-95 statistics


			Percent distribution

Characteristic			Months pregnant when prenatal care began

			Less		5 months or
	Number		than	3-4	more or no
	(1,000)	Total	3 months	months	prenatal care

All pregnancies ¹	17,052	100.0	88.1	5.4	6.6

AGE AT TIME OF BIRTH

Under 20 years old	2,023	100.0	75.3	10.7	14.0
20-24 years old	4,388	100.0	84.5	7.3	8.2
25-29 years old	5,088	100.0	91.3	4.0	4.7
30-44 years old	5,553	100.0	92.5	3.1	4.3

MARITAL STATUS AT TIME OF BIRTH

Never married	3,940	100.0	77.3	9.6	13.1
Married	12,171	100.0	91.5	4.0	4.5
Formerly married	942	100.0	88.6	5.3	6.1

BIRTH ORDER

First	6,972	100.0	87.7	6.8	5.5
Second	5,684	100.0	89.3	4.0	6.6
Third or higher	4,397	100.0	87.0	4.8	8.2

WANTEDNESS STATUS AT CONCEPTION ²

Intended	11,833	100.0	91.2	3.9	4.9
Mistimed	3,715	100.0	82.2	9.1	8.7
Unwanted	1,485	100.0	78.0	8.2	13.8

RESIDENCE

Metropolitan, central city	5,453	100.0	86.1	5.5	8.4
Metropolitan, suburban	8,047	100.0	89.7	5.0	5.4
Nonmetropolitan	3,552	100.0	87.4	6.0	6.5

EDUCATION ³

No high school diploma or GED ⁴	2,368	100.0	78.9	6.9	14.3
High school diploma or GED	6,076	100.0	88.5	6.3	5.2
Some college, no bachelor's degree	3,582	100.0	94.5	3.0	2.5
Bachelor's degree or higher	3,144	100.0	93.8	2.3	3.9

RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN

Hispanic	2,677	100.0	83.4	6.5	10.1
Non-Hispanic White	11,166	100.0	91.4	4.3	4.4
Non-Hispanic Black	2,396	100.0	78.3	10.1	11.6
Non-Hispanic other	814	100.0	86.4	3.1	10.4

1 Includes pregnancies with missing information on prenatal care
or wantedness status. 2 Based on new questions in Cycle 5. See source"Definitions of Terms."
3 Limited to women 22-44 years of age at time of interview.
4 GED is general equivalency diploma.

Source: U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, Abma J., Chandra A.,Mosher W., Peterson L., Piccinino L., Fertility, Family Planning, andWomen's Health. New data from the 1995 National Survey of Family Growth, Vital Health Stat. 23(19), 1997.http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nsfg.htm

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These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.

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102. Pregnancies Ending in Live Birth to Women 15-44 Years Old, and Months Pregnant When Prenatal Care Began: 1991-95