. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Apr 4.

Published in final edited form as: Race Soc Probl. 2012 Sep 7;4(3-4):158–170. doi: 10.1007/s12552-012-9076-4

Table 2.

Bivariate Associations between Race-Ethnicity and Pregnancy Risk Misperceptions, Pregnancy Fatalism, and Beliefs about Contraceptive Side Effects

			Side Effects
	Average number of misperceptions regarding pregnancy (range 0-5)	Believe birth control use does not matter; when it is your time to get pregnant, it will happen	Reduced sexual desire	Severe mood swings	Serious health problems, like cancer
Full analytical sample	0.70	39.7%	14.8%	44.9%	19.8%
Race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic white	0.68^c	33.8%^b,c,d	12.4%^b	41.5%^b	17.6%^b
Non-Hispanic black	0.58^c	51.8%^a	23.2%^a	50.5%^a	26.7%^a
Foreign-born Hispanic	1.19^a,b,d	53.1%^a	11.1%	50.0%	26.1%
Native-born Hispanic	0.74^c	44.7%	16.1%	51.3%	18.6%
Asian/other	0.73	45.0%^a	14.7%	46.7%	19.4%

Differs from non-Hispanic whites at p≤.05

Differs from non-Hispanic blacks at p≤.05

Differs from foreign-born Hispanics at p≤.05

Differs from native-born Hispanics at p≤.05

Differs from Asian/others at p≤.05