TABLE 2.

Percentage of survey responses in which Latina adolescents expressed any pregnancy wantedness, by selected characteristics, and odds ratios (and 95% confidence intervals) from logistic regression analyses^‡ assessing predictors of pregnancy wantedness

Characteristic	% with any pregnancy wantedness	Bivariate	Multivariate
All	14.4	na	na
CULTURAL
Immigrant generation
First	17.8	1.6 (0.9–3.1)	1.2 (0.7–2.3)
Second (ref)	11.9	1.0	1.0
Third	16.4	1.4 (0.6–3.5)	1.6 (0.6–3.9)
Familism	na	1.3 (0.7–2.4)	1.1 (0.6–2.1)
HOME/FAMILIAL
Mother has <high school education
No (ref)	15.1	1.0	1.0
Yes	12.2	0.8 (0.4–1.5)	0.7 (0.4–1.3)
Lives in crowded conditions
No (ref)	11.7	1.0	1.0
Yes	17.8	1.6 (0.9–2.9)	1.4 (0.8–2.6)
Mother was a teenage mother
No (ref)	13.1	1.0	1.0
Yes	14.5	1.1 (0.6–2.0)	1.5 (0.7–2.9)
Parental monitoring
Low (ref)	12.8	1.0	1.0
Moderate	11.4	0.9 (0.4–2.0)	1.2 (0.6–2.5)
High	14.3	1.2 (0.6–2.6)	1.3 (0.6–2.8)
No adult caregiver	21.6	1.7 (0.7–3.9)	1.6 (0.7–3.9)
INDIVIDUAL
Age	na	1.2 (1.0–1.4)†	1.0 (0.9–1.2)
Had prior pregnancy
No (ref)	12.2	1.0	1.0
Yes	21.6	1.6 (0.9–3.1)†	1.0 (0.4–2.1)
School enrollment/sports participation
Not in school	20.3	1.5 (0.8–2.8)	0.8 (0.4–1.7)
In school/not playing sports (ref)	14.1	1.0	1.0
In school/playing sports	10.2	0.6 (0.3–1.3)§	0.4 (0.2–1.0)*
Power in relationship with main partner
No main partner (ref)	8.2	1.0	1.0
Low power	23.7	2.6 (1.2–5.5)*	1.8 (0.9–3.5)†
Moderate power	15.0	1.8 (1.0–3.2)*	1.6 (1.0–2.7)†
High power	16.0	1.7 (0.7–3.7)	1.7 (0.8–3.5)

^*p<.05.

^†p<.10.

^‡A generalized estimating equation approach was used to account for the multiple observations per participant.

^§Differs from “not in school” at p<.10.

Notes: Pregnancy wantedness refers to a pregnancy in the next six months. All variables are dichotomous or categorical except familism and age, which are continuous. na=not applicable. ref=reference group.