Table 1.
Pregnancy Intention and Outcome by Intention for Pregnancies to Hispanic Women* National Survey of Family Growth, 2006–2010
| |
% total pregnancies n=983 pregnancies; weighted n=3,804,680 |
% unintended pregnancies n=481 pregnancies(51%); weighted n=1,946,188 |
|---|---|---|
| |
Weighted proportions |
|
| 100 | 51 | |
| Age at conception (years)† | ||
| 15–19 | 17 | 81 |
| 20–24 | 25 | 54 |
| 25–34 | 45 | 38 |
| ≥35 | 13 | 51 |
| Marital status† | ||
| Single | 27 | 73 |
| Cohabitating | 32 | 52 |
| Married | 41 | 36 |
| Language† | ||
| Spanish | 40 | 44 |
| English | 60 | 56 |
| Immigrant† | ||
| Yes | 51 | 45 |
| No | 49 | 58 |
| Educational attainment (.1108) | ||
| <High school grad/GED | 48 | 55 |
| ≥High school grad/GED | 52 | 47 |
| Income§ | ||
| <0–149 | 62 | 51 |
| ≥150 | 38 | 51 |
| Hispanic group | ||
| Mexican | 69 | 51 |
| Other | 31 | 51 |
| Religion† | ||
| Protestant | 24 | 48 |
| No religion | 14 | 66 |
| Other | 4 | 37 |
| Catholic | 59 | 50 |
| Pregnancy outcome†,γ | ||
| Live birth | 58 | 53 |
| Elective abortion | 8 | 15 |
| Pregnancy loss | 18 | 18 |
| Current pregnancies at time of interview | 16 | 14 |
*
Pregnancies within three years of NSFG interview.
†
p<0.001 for unintended vs intended pregnancies.
§
Percent of poverty line, adjusted for household size; calculated using poverty threshold from year.
γ
For pregnancy outcomes, columns, rather than rows, add to 100%.
GED, General Educational Development (high school equivalency) test.