1. Psychosocial and behavioral factors related to the post-partum placements of infants born to cocaine-using women Reviewed by: Brittany Warrington Lisa Kline Matthew Chang October 14, 2008 PSYC308-UMBC Sonia Minnes, Lynn T. Singer, Rashida Humphrey-Wall, Sudtida Satayathum

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10. Results Table 1: Maternal characteristics at birth by custody status WAIS-R Block Design-Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised, Picture Completion and Block Design subscales PPVT-R-Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised Maternal Characteristics Mean (MC=142) SD (MC=142) Mean (NMC=63) SD (NMC=63) P-value Years of education 11.70 1.6 11.29 1.7 .09 Age (years) 29.18 4.9 30.40 5.2 .13 Number of prenatal visits 6.09 4.8 3.20 3.4 <.00001 WAIS-R Block Design 7.04 2.0 6.44 2.4 .07 PPVT-R Standard Score 74.38 14.3 71.40 13.5 .18

11. Results Table 1: Maternal characteristics at birth by custody status Maternal Characteristics MC=142 NMC=63 p-value Race (African American) 80.3 81.0 .91 No prenatal care 13.4 30.2 .004 Maternal employment 6.3 3.2 .37 Married 8.5 4.8 .35 Low socioeconomic status 98.0 98.4 .81

12. Results Table 2: Maternal drug use characteristics by custody status Maternal drug use Mean (MC=142) SD (MC=142) Mean (NMC=63) SD (NMC=63) p-value Avg. cigarettes per day 10.7 9.1 13.8 13.8 .49 Avg. drinks per week 9.0 16.4 10.9 21.3 .82 Avg. joints per week 1.4 3.4 1.2 3.9 .13 Avg. cocaine units per week 16.2 25.8 41.2 68.6 .001 Maternal drug use MC=142 NMC=63 p-value Tobacco use 88.7 88.9 .98 Alcohol use 88.7 79.4 .08 Marijuana use 50.7 47.6 .68 Heavy cocaine use 44.4 69.8 .001