Table 2 Clinical and demographic characteristics of patients desiring postpartum sterilization by quartile of area deprivation index (ADI)
From: Association between neighborhood disadvantage and fulfillment of desired postpartum sterilization
Variable | Neighborhood Disadvantage | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Quartile of ADIa | ||||
First (57–111) n = 332 | Second (111–126) n = 333 | Third (126–137) n = 370 | Fourth (137–176) n = 297 | |
Mean maternal age at delivery (years) | 32.1 (5.0) | 30.3 (5.3) | 29.3 (5.5) | 29.0 (5.3) |
Parity ≥2 | 223 (67.2) | 260 (78.1) | 291 (78.6) | 244 (82.2) |
Mean Gestational age at delivery (weeks) | 38.0 (2.2) | 37.7 (2.6) | 37.8 (2.6) | 37.7 (2.8) |
Route of delivery | ||||
 Spontaneous vaginal delivery | 157 (47.3) | 175 (52.6) | 228 (61.6) | 181 (60.9) |
 Operative vaginal delivery | 4 (1.2) | 9 (2.7) | 8 (2.2) | 7 (2.4) |
 Cesarean section | 171 (51.5) | 149 (44.7) | 134 (36.2) | 109 (36.7) |
 Adequate prenatal care (≥6 visits) | 273 (82.2) | 262 (78.7) | 290 (78.4) | 221 (74.4) |
Race and ethnicity | ||||
 Black or African American | 91 (27.4) | 180 (54.1) | 168 (45.4) | 228 (76.8) |
 White | 179 (53.9) | 80 (24.0) | 111 (30.0) | 32 (10.8) |
 Hispanic | 37 (11.1) | 63 (18.9) | 84 (22.7) | 28 (9.4) |
 Asian | 7 (2.1) | 2 (0.6) | 1 (0.3) | 3 (1.0) |
 Other | 18 (5.4) | 8 (2.4) | 6 (1.6) | 6 (2.0) |
 Married | 150 (45.2) | 64 (19.2) | 54 (14.6) | 30 (10.1) |
 Attended college | 169 (50.9) | 105 (31.5) | 82 (22.2) | 54 (18.2) |
Insurance | ||||
 Private | 101 (30.4) | 30 (9.0) | 16 (4.3) | 8 (2.7) |
 Medicaid | 189 (56.9) | 267 (80.2) | 311 (84.1) | 262 (88.2) |
 Medicare | 24 (7.2) | 25 (7.5) | 33 (8.9) | 25 (8.4) |
 None | 18 (5.4) | 11 (3.3) | 10 (2.7) | 2 (0.7) |
 Received postpartum sterilization | 194 (58.4) | 162 (48.6) | 172 (46.5) | 127 (42.8) |
 Postpartum visit attendance | 246 (74.1) | 212 (63.7) | 226 (61.1) | 167 (56.2) |
 Subsequent pregnancy | 22 (6.6) | 47 (14.1) | 47 (12.7) | 54 (18.2) |