TABLE 2—

Correlation Among Adolescent Birthrates, Access, and Select County Characteristics: California, 2006–2007

Variables	Adolescent Birthrate	Access to FPACT	Access to Medi-Cal	Poverty Rate	Unemployment Rate	High School Graduation Rate	% White Adolescents	% Hispanic Adolescents	% Black Adolescents	% Asian/Pacific Islander Adolescents	% Foreign- born Adolescents	% Adults With < High School Education	% Adults Divorced or Separated	% Low- income Adult Births
Adolescent birthrate	1.00
Access to FPACT	−0.30*	1.00
Access to Medi-Cal	0.46**	−0.01	1.00
Poverty rate	0.73***	−0.15	0.62***	1.00
Unemployment rate	0.61***	−0.28*	0.38**	0.66***	1.00
High school graduation rate	−0.18	−0.07	−0.17	−0.21	−0.003	1.00
% White adolescents	−0.53***	0.28*	0.003	−0.14	−0.20	0.12	1.00
% Hispanic adolescents	0.67***	−0.30*	0.01	0.26	0.40**	−0.07	−0.85***	1.00
% Black adolescents	0.06	−0.16	0.02	−0.13	−0.23	−0.22	−0.58***	0.19	1.00
% Asian/Pacific Islander adolescents	−0.15	0.03	−0.08	−0.23	−0.27*	−0.08	−0.56***	0.08	0.64***	1.00
% foreign-born adolescents	0.35***	−0.20	−0.06	−0.03	0.01	−0.02	−0.83***	0.71***	0.49***	0.52***	1.00
% adults with < high school education	0.79***	−0.26*	0.36**	0.50***	0.48**	−0.11	−0.60***	0.81***	0.02	−0.13	0.51***	1.00
% adults divorced or separated	0.48**	−0.06	0.60***	0.62***	0.65***	−0.20	0.15	0.04	−0.25	−0.41	−0.30	0.33**	1.00
% low-income adult births	0.75***	−0.002	0.56***	0.77***	0.59***	−0.20	−0.13	0.38**	−0.27*	−0.42	−0.07	0.65***	0.63***	1.00

Note. FPACT = Family Planning, Access, Care, and Treatment.

*P < .05; **P < .01; ***P < .001.