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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2007 Jan 17.
Published in final edited form as: J Community Psychol. 2001 Nov;29(6):637–655. doi: 10.1002/jcop.1040

Table 2.

Predicting Pregnancies at Program Exit from Background Factors, Program Participation, and the Interaction of Program Participation × Background Factors

Pregnancies at Program Exit
Predictors β Odds ratio χ2 Δχ2
Step I. main effects
 Demographic background
  Grade .01
  Sex .08
  Minority .17*** 1.88
 Proximal behavioral risks
  Prior pregnancy .48*** 25.01
  Teenage parenthood −.05
 Demographic risks:
  Parents education level −.11
  Single-parent household .05
 Program participation −.17*** 0.53
Summary statistics for step I 375.0*** 375.0***
 Step II. Interactions with demographic background
  Prog. participation × grade −.02
  Prog. participation × gender .05
  Prog. participation × minority −.02
Summary statistics for step II 376.3*** 1.3
 Step III. Interactions with behavioral risks
  Prog. participation × prior pregnancy .03
  Prog. participation × teen parenthood −.09**
  Stratified odds ratios for prog. partic. for:
   Nonteenage parents 0.66*
   Teenage parents 0.18***
Summary statistics for step III 386.4*** 11.1**
 Step IV. Interactions with familial risks
  Prog. participation × par. educ. level −.01
  Prog. participation × single-parent household .02
Summary statistics for step IV 386.6*** 0.2

Note: ***p < .001; **p < .01; *p < .05. β weights and odds ratios are from variables entry into model. Odds ratios are presented only for significant βs.