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. 2007 Mar;61(3):221–225. doi: 10.1136/jech.2005.044107

Table 1 Factors associated with early teenage pregnancy: % or mean scores and unadjusted ORs (unweighted n = 809, weighted n = 764).

Pregnant Never pregnant Unadjusted logistic regression
% % OR (95% CI) p Value
Live with both parents
 Yes 43.2 58.2 1
 No 56.8 41.8 1.83 (1.17 to 2.87) 0.008
Housing type
 Privately owned 42.3 59.6 1
 Council or rented accommodation 57.5 40.4 2 (1.25 to 3.22) 0.004
Parental monitoring
 High 52.3 64.4 1
 Low 47.7 35.6 1.66 (1.06 to 2.61) 0.027
Smoked cigarettes
 Never tried 10.5 18.3 1
 Tried 34.9 39 1.48 (0.69 to 3.18) 0.314
 Use occasionally 8.1 15.4 0.95 (0.35 to 2.57) 0.918
 Use regularly 46.5 27.3 2.85 (1.35 to 6.01) 0.006
Proportion of friends who smoke (cohort 2 only)
 None/few 35 55.3 1
 Half or more 65 44.7 2.27 (1.15 to 4.50) 0.018
Friends at other schools
 None/a few 69.4 79.6 1
 Half or more 30.6 20.4 1.69 (1.03 to 2.79) 0.039
Attitude to school (scale: positive–negative)* 3 (0.97) 2.6 (0.89) 1.5 (1.19–1.89) 0.001
Not likely to have a child in near future (scale: very likely–very unlikely)* 3.4 (1.18) 3.7 (1.13) 0.78 (0.65 to 0.94) 0.01
Using a condom properly would be
 Difficult 27.6 39.5 1
 Easy 72.4 60.5 1.72 (1.05 to 2.84) 0.032
Used contraception at first intercourse†
 No 47.1 25.1 1
 Yes 52.9 74.9 0.38 (0.24 to 0.59) <0.001
Talked to partner about protection before first intercourse†
 Yes 39 52 1
 No 61 48 1.67 (1.03 to 2.72) 0.037
Age at first sex*†‡ 13.5 (1.09) 14.5 (1.08) 0.49 (0.4 to 0.6) <0.001
Partner's age at first sex*†‡ 15 (1.68) 16 (1.66) 0.68 (0.59 to 0.79) <0.001

Pregnant group (unweighted n = 76 and weighted n = 87); never‐pregnant group (unweighted n = 733 and weighted n = 677). Weighting was used to deal with the issue of attrition; original numbers and weighted percentages and p values are presented in the table.

*Mean scores (SD).

†Time two variable.

‡Age range at first sex—pregnant group 11–16 years, never pregnant group 8–16 years; partner's age range at first sex—pregnant group 10–20 years, never pregnant group 10–21 years.