TABLE 2.

Mean scores on the Benefits of Childbearing scale, and coefficients (and 95% confidence intervals) from multivariate regression analyses assessing differences in mean scores, by selected participant characteristics

Characteristic	Mean score	Coefficient
Age	na	−0.04 (−0.07 to −0.02)***
Race/ethnicity
Black	−0.01	ref
Latina	0.05	0.04 (−0.10–0.17)†
White	−0.23	−0.20 (−0.38 to −0.03)*
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.21	0.28 (0.10–0.47)**,‡
Mixed/other	−0.01	0.02 (−0.22–0.25)
Mother’s education
≤high school	0.07	ref
>high school	−0.12	−0.14 (−0.25 to −0.03)*
Has any children
No	0.00	ref
Yes	0.01	0.03 (−0.11–0.18)
School/employment status
Neither in school nor employed	−0.03	ref
In school or employed	0.13	0.21 (0.06–0.35)**
Baseline contraceptive method
Pill	−0.05	ref
Patch	0.06	0.12 (−0.02–0.26)
Ring	0.13	−0.04 (−0.19–0.12)
Injectable	−0.16	0.20 (0.05–0.34)**,§

^*p≤.05.

^**p≤.01.

^***p≤.001.

^†Differs from white and Asian/Pacific Islander at p≤.01.

^‡Differs from white at p≤.001.

^§Differs from ring at p≤.01.

Notes: Scores were standardized for regression analyses (mean, 0; standard deviation, 1; range, −3.1–4.3). The model controls for recruitment clinic and interview mode; scores did not differ by these variables. na=not applicable. ref=reference group.