Table 2.

Summary of Binary Logistic Regression Analyses Predicting Embarrassment at the Prospect of a Nonmarital Pregnancy (N = 807)

	Model 1			Model 2
Predictor	B	SE B	eB	B	SE B	eB
Teen hypothetical parent = 1 (adult = 0)
	.80***	.22	2.23	.82***	.22	2.27
Female hypothetical parent = 1 (male = 0)
				−.08	.22	.92
Femalea				.06	.22	1.06
Age (years)				.01	.01	1.01
Education levelb
High school degree				.11	.38	1.12
Some college				.44	.39	1.56
At least bachelor’s degree				.70	.39	2.01
Race/ethnicityc
African American				−1.34**	.44	.26
Latino				−.05	.37	.95
Other, multiracial				−.23	.45	.79
Household income ($1000s)				.00	.00	1.00
Lives in a metro areaa				−.03	.29	.97
Regiond
Northeast				.33	.32	1.39
South				.27	.28	1.31
West				−.15	.33	.86
Teen age 13 – 17 in householda						2.38
				.87**	.30
Marital statuse
Single				.30	.28	1.34
Divorced/separated				−.85*	.40	.43
Constant	−1.96***	.17		−3.01***	.65
Wald χ2		13.77***			48.35***
Df		1			18
Incremental χ2					36.44**
df					17

Note: Source—National Pregnancy Norms Study (2005). Analyses are weighted to be representative of the U.S. population. e^B = exponentiated B. Incremental χ² compares Model 2 to Model 1. 18% of respondents reported embarrassment at the prospect of a pregnancy.

^a1 = yes, 0 = no. Reference categories:

^bLess than a high school degree

^cNon-Latino White

^dMidwest

^eMarried/widowed.

^*p < .05.

^**p < .01.

^***p < .001 (two-tailed tests)