TABLE 1—
Adolescent Birthrates, Access, and Select County Characteristics: California, 2006–2007
| All California Countiesa (n = 57) |
Counties With Significantly Higher ABRs Than State ABRs (n = 19) |
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| Variables | Mean (SD) | Min | Max | Mean (SD) | Min | Max |
| Adolescent birthrate | 34.0 (13.2) | 12.0 | 62.8 | 48.8 (7.9) | 39.0 | 62.8 |
| Access to FPACT | 43.2 (14.4) | 5.0 | 89.0 | 37.4 (9.8) | 20.4 | 54.8 |
| Access to Medi-Cal | 9.3 (4.9) | 0.0 | 26.9 | 12.3 (5.2) | 3.0 | 26.9 |
| Poverty rate | 13.7 (4.2) | 5.9 | 22.4 | 17.2 (3.4) | 11.9 | 22.4 |
| Unemployment rate | 6.5 (2.4) | 3.6 | 16.7 | 8.2 (2.7) | 4.2 | 16.7 |
| High school graduation rate | 83.3 (8.2) | 44.8 | 100.0 | 80.1 (6.0) | 67.6 | 89.5 |
| % White adolescents | 54.3 (20.4) | 10.8 | 87.6 | 41.3 (15.4) | 10.8 | 68.2 |
| % Hispanic adolescents | 30.8 (17.9) | 5.9 | 83.7 | 46.0 (16.4) | 13.6 | 83.7 |
| % Black adolescents | 3.2 (4.0) | 0.0 | 15.9 | 3.6 (3.1) | 0.3 | 11.6 |
| % Asian/Pacific Islander adolescents | 6.5 (8.0) | 0.0 | 44.4 | 5.1 (4.2) | 0.7 | 16.2 |
| % foreign-born adolescents | 9.6 (5.2) | 0.5 | 19.9 | 11.7 (4.8) | 1.8 | 19.9 |
| % adults with < high school education | 15.1 (6.4) | 5.3 | 30.5 | 21.4 (4.6) | 12.3 | 30.5 |
| % adults divorced or separated | 12.2 (2.5) | 7.1 | 17.6 | 13.9 (1.9) | 11.0 | 17.6 |
| % low-income adult births | 48.2 (12.0) | 22.9 | 70.9 | 58.7 (6.3) | 48.8 | 70.9 |
Note. ABR = adolescent birthrate; FPACT = Family Planning, Access, Care, and Treatment. The state ABR was calculated after subtracting the counts of births and population from a given county with which the state was being compared. The statistical significance was assessed by comparing individual county ABR with the state ABR.
a
Sierra county was excluded from the analysis because there were < 5 adolescent births.