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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Perspect Sex Reprod Health. 2010 Sep;42(3):186–196. doi: 10.1363/4218610

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.