TABLE 1.
—Sample Means and Standard Deviations: Data From the 1995 Wave of the National Survey of Family Growth, Unmarried Women Aged 15–19 Years
| Variable | Total Sample | Sexually Activea |
| Sexually active | .380 | . . . |
| Used contraceptives | . . . | .702 |
| Used condom | . . . | .292 |
| Black | .200 | .227 |
| Hispanic | .141 | .142 |
| Years since menarche | 4.70 (1.87) | 5.347 (1.773) |
| Age, y | 16.96 (1.43) | 17.540 (1.320) |
| No-parent household | .029 | .045 |
| Single-parent household | .287 | .337 |
| Parents’ education, y | 13.67 (2.82) | 13.314 (2.684) |
| Household income < $20 000 | .250 | .316 |
| Household income > $70 000 | .182 | .149 |
| Raised as Catholic | .273 | .264 |
| Raised with no religion | .131 | .178 |
| Urban | .840 | .834 |
| Midwest | .235 | .229 |
| Northeast | .194 | .207 |
| West | .217 | .201 |
| Percentage tract Black | 18.29 (26.22) | 18.93 (26.24) |
| Percentage tract Hispanic | 8.90 (14.52) | 9.29 (15.40) |
| Median income in tract ($1000s) | 32.576 (12.926) | 31.186 (11.929) |
| County unemployment rate | 6.55 (2.30) | 6.62 (2.05) |
| Family planning clinics (per 10 000 women aged 15–44 years in county of residence) | 1.34 (2.07) | 1.38 (2.17) |
| Sex education requirement | .470 | .464 |
| Abortion provider in county of residence | .623 | .616 |
| Medicaid funding of abortions | .334 | .331 |
| Parental notification or consent law | .351 | .362 |
| Sample size | 1280 | 487 |
Note. Standard deviations for continuous variables in parentheses.
a Sexually active is defined as having had sexual intercourse in the 3 months before being interviewed.