Table 1.

Descriptive statistics of risk factors by first pregnancy outcome (% within column)

	Abortion (n= 218)	Delivery (n= 1547)	p-value
Age at first pregnancy	20.0 (.31)	22.0 (.19)	<.0005

Marital status^a			<.0005
Married/cohabitating	64.9	76.8
Separated/widowed/divorced	16.2	17.0
Never married	18.9	6.2

Race			ns
White	75.3	73.1
Hispanic	10.5	9.0
Black	12.5	14.8
Other	1.7	3.1

Income^a			ns
$0 - $19,999	23.6	28.0
$20,000 - $34,999	20.0	26.1
$35,000 - $69,999	40.0	32.7
$70,000 +	16.3	13.3

Education^a			< .0001
0-11 Years	4.3	16.5
12 Years	34.7	42.3
13-15 Years	29.3	24.1
16 + Years*	31.7	17.1

Sexual violence before first pregnancy			.001
Yes	26.3	14.0
No	73.7	86.0

Other violence before first pregnancy			ns
Yes	12.5	9.8
No	87.5	90.2

Alcohol dependence before first pregnancy			<.0005
Yes	7.1	2.8
No	92.9	97.2

Drug dependence before first pregnancy			<.06
Yes	4.8	2.6
No	95.2	97.4

Depression before first pregnancy			.001
Yes	14.6	6.9
No	85.4	93.1

Suicidal ideation before first pregnancy			.07
Yes	12.5	7.9
No	87.5	92.1

Note. Self-esteem and background and economic factors were assessed at the time of the interview. The values for depression and suicidal ideation are odds ratios and for self-esteem are unstandardized regression coefficients. Bolded values are significantly different at p < .05.