Table 5.

Selected Characteristics of Adolescent Mothers With and Without a Regular Personal Doctor

	Adolescent Has a Regular Personal Doctor
Characteristic	Yes (n = 34)	No (n = 29)	P Value
Demographics
Age at baseline, mean (SD), y	16.2 (1.5)	16.9 (1.4)	.04
Lives with mother at year 2, %	62	46	.23
Household conflict at year 2: CTS score, mean (SD)	17.4 (14.5)	23.6 (14.5)	.13
Continuous health insurance from baseline to year 2, %	42	26	.19
Contraceptive use and pregnancy outcomes
Used condoms “always” in past 12 months at year 2, %	56	35	.09
Used hormonal contraception in past 12 months at year 2, %	62	62	.98
Repeat pregnancy by year 2, %	47	35	.48
Repeat birth by year 2, %	18	14	.68
Maternal mental health
Depressive symptoms (CES-D score >21) at baseline,* %	38	21	.13
Depressive symptoms (CES-D score >21) at year 2,† %	41	17	<.05
Group
Home visit	61	39	.25
Control	47	53

CTS = Conflict Tactics Scale; CES-D = Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression.

* n = 19.

† n = 19.