Table 5 Baseline matching results for Health Start Program intervention and matched control groups compared to state, 2006–2016
All AZ Births % | HSP % | Matches % | p-value | Standardized Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N (Unweighted) | 966,809 | 7,212 | 53,948 | ||
Maternal age | |||||
Age < 20 | 9.9 | 17.5 | 16.7 | 0.216 | 0.02 |
Age 20–24 | 25.3 | 34.4 | 34.8 | 0.624 | |
Age 25–30 (ref) | 34.0 | 28.4 | 28.5 | 0.985 | |
Age > 30 | 30.8 | 19.7 | 20.0 | 0.573 | |
Maternal race/ethnicity | |||||
White | 42.4 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 1.000 | 0.02 |
American Indian | 6.0 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 0.938 | |
Hispanic/Latina | 41.8 | 59.1 | 59.4 | 0.635 | |
Other race/ethnicity (ref) | 9.8 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 0.233 | |
Maternal nativity | |||||
Mother born in US (ref) | 73.6 | 68.6 | 69.2 | 0.472 | 0.01 |
Mother born in Mexico | 18.7 | 27.9 | 27.4 | 0.503 | |
Mother born outside US | 7.6 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 0.856 | |
Maternal education | |||||
Less than high school/missing (ref) | 23.3 | 33.1 | 33.7 | 0.459 | 0.02 |
High school/GED | 28.8 | 35.7 | 35.4 | 0.728 | |
Some post-secondary | 25.2 | 23.8 | 23.2 | 0.444 | |
4-year degree or more | 22.5 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 0.799 | |
Insurance/payer | |||||
Private/commercial insurance | 41.1 | 13.7 | 13.4 | 0.527 | 0.02 |
Medicaid | 53.8 | 82.5 | 83.1 | 0.343 | |
Other insurance (ref) | 5.1 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 0.451 | |
Married | 54.5 | 37.8 | 37.8 | 0.986 | 0.00 |
Cohabiting | 75.6 | 62.4 | 62.1 | 0.744 | 0.01 |
Married & Cohabiting | 52.0 | 34.7 | 34.7 | 1.000 | 0.00 |
First birth | 36.9 | 41.6 | 40.8 | 0.310 | 0.02 |
Maternal pre-existing health risk 1 | 8.3 | 11.3 | 10.9 | 0.427 | 0.01 |