Mean gestational age at the mothers’ initial antenatal clinic visit was 22.7 weeks (SD=7.6); only 11.5% of the mothers obtained prenatal care during their first trimester. An additional 58.2% of mothers obtained care in the second trimester, while 30.3% did not receive prenatal care until the third trimester. The average maternal age at the first prenatal visit was 26.0 years (SD=6.6); 8.3% were <18 years of age at the time of delivery. Demographic data from the age 14 visit revealed that mothers were poorly educated (see Table 1): >32% had not graduated from high school, 21% attended some college, and 5% had a college degree. Similar to age 7 assessment, most mothers were low SES (56%) with an average total household annual income <$20,000. Fewer than 25% of the caregivers were married.
