TABLE 2.

Percentage distribution of minors who obtained an abortion after implementation of the parental consent statute, by selected characteristics, according to whether they obtained parental consent or used judicial bypass

Characteristic	Total (N=972)	Parental consent (N=876)	Judicial bypass (N=96)
Age
15	26.6	28.4	10.4
16	29.9	29.5	34.4
17	43.4	42.1	55.2
c2(2)=15.4*
Gestational age (wks.)
9	59.8	58.9	67.7
10–12	20.0	20.1	18.8
13–15	11.1	11.8	5.2
16	9.0	9.1	7.3
Unknown	0.2	0.1	1.0
c2(4)=4.6
Race/ethnicity
White	57.4	57.1	60.4
Black	35.8	36.9	26.0
His panic	3.3	2.7	8.3
Other/unknown	3.5	3.3	5.2
c2(3)=3.5
Behind in school†
No	90.5	90.2	93.8
Yes	9.0	9.2	6.3
Unknown	0.5	0.6	0.0
c2(2)=2.3
Arkansas resident
Yes	81.9	82.6	75.0
No	18.1	17.4	25.0
c2(1)=15.7*
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0

^*p<.01.

^†Variable was dichotomized into whether or not a minor was two or more years behind expected grade level, given her age.

Note: Percentages may not add to 100.0 because of rounding.