TABLE 1—
Demographic, Psychosocial, and Behavioral Characteristics, by Intervention Group: Rhode Island Adult Correctional Institute Respondents, 2002–2004
| Phase 1a Participants (n = 119), No. (%) | Phase 2b Participants (n = 105), No. (%) | Odds Ratio (95% Confidence Interval) | |
| Sociodemographic characteristics | |||
| Race/ethnicity | |||
| White | 67 (57.8) | 53 (53.0) | 0.82 (0.48, 1.41) |
| Other | 49 (42.2) | 47 (47.0) | |
| Religion | |||
| Catholic | 50 (42.0) | 42 (41.2) | 0.97 (0.56, 1.65) |
| Other | 69 (58.0) | 60 (58.8) | |
| Educational level | |||
| Less than high school | 60 (50.9) | 33 (32.4) | |
| High school or more | 58 (49.1) | 69 (67.6) | 2.16 (1.25, 3.75)* |
| Homeless | 25 (21.0) | 13 (12.4) | 0.53 (0.26, 1.10) |
| No health insurance | 68 (57.6) | 62 (60.2) | 1.11 (0.65, 1.90) |
| Released within 7 days of incarceration | 38 (32.5) | 29 (27.6) | 0.79 (0.45, 1.41) |
| Previous incarceration | 78 (65.6) | 62 (59.1) | 0.76 (0.44, 1.30) |
| Drug or alcohol use in past 90 days | 84 (70.6) | 74 (70.5) | 0.99 (0.56, 1.77) |
| Childhood sexual abuse | 38 (32.8) | 53 (51.0) | 2.13 (1.24, 3.68)* |
| Sexual/pregnancy characteristics | |||
| No. of sexual partners in past 3 mo | |||
| 1 | 49 (48.5) | 60 (62.5) | |
| >1 | 52 (51.5) | 36 (37.5) | 0.64 (0.36, 1.12) |
| Lives with main/steady partner | 26 (23.0) | 18 (18.4) | 0.75 (0.38, 1.48) |
| Pregnancy history | |||
| Previous pregnancy | 93 (78.2) | 77 (73.3) | 0.77 (0.42, 1.42) |
| Previous unplanned pregnancy | 77 (64.7) | 68 (64.8) | 1.00 (0.58, 1.74) |
| Previous pregnancy termination | 34 (28.6) | 41 (39.1) | 1.60 (0.92, 2.80) |
| Perceives chance of becoming pregnant in next 6 mo | 51 (42.9) | 38 (36.2) | 0.76 (0.44, 1.30) |
| History of sexually transmitted disease | 64 (53.8) | 60 (57.1) | 1.15 (0.68, 1.94) |
| Negative pregnancy attitude | 61 (51.3) | 59 (56.2) | 1.22 (0.72, 2.07) |
| Contraceptive use | |||
| Always used condoms in previous 3 mo | 20 (19.8) | 21 (21.9) | 1.13 (0.57, 2.26) |
| Always used other type of birth control in previous 3 mo | 10 (9.9) | 8 (8.3) | 0.83 (0.31, 2.19) |
| Wants to initiate (or continue) use of birth control method | 90 (76.3) | 83 (79.1) | 1.17 (0.62, 2.21) |
Note. Mean ages were 24.7 years (SD = 5.11) for phase 1 participants and 25.0 years (SD = 4.97) for phase 2 participants (P = .691). In both groups, mean age at first pregnancy was 17 years.
aBirth control available at community clinic.
bBirth control available at prison.
*P < .05 (comparison of phase 2 with phase 1).