TABLE 3—

Multivariable Associations Between Pregnancy Desire and Selected Characteristics, by Gender: Mobile Youth Survey, Alabama, 2006–2009

Characteristic	Female Youths (n = 802), Adjusted OR (95% CI)	Male Youths (n = 1483), Adjusted OR (95% CI)
Hopelessness	1.10 (1.01, 1.20)	1.02 (0.95, 1.09)
Self-worth	0.95 (0.88, 1.03)	0.98 (0.92, 1.04)
Below grade appropriate for age	1.02 (0.75, 1.38)	0.98 (0.78, 1.22)
Age at time of survey	1.25 (1.13, 1.39)	1.24 (1.17, 1.32)
Age at first vaginal intercourse, y
9–11	2.12 (0.90, 5.03)	0.91 (0.39, 2.13)
12–14	1.92 (1.13, 3.28)	0.77 (0.34, 1.76)
15–16	1.36 (0.84, 2.20)	0.67 (0.28, 1.59)
17–18 (Ref)	1.00	1.00
Missing	1.38 (0.65, 2.94)	1.38 (0.52, 3.64)
No. of sexual partners in past year
0	0.87 (0.48, 1.56)	1.01 (0.62, 1.64)
1 (Ref)	1.00	1.00
2–3	1.10 (0.78, 1.56)	1.16 (0.84, 1.59)
≥ 4	1.14 (0.64, 2.03)	1.28 (0.93, 1.76)
Missing	1.26 (0.67, 2.36)	1.26 (0.74, 2.14)
Accepts gender norms regarding sexual experience	0.99 (0.67, 1.48)	1.20 (0.95, 1.52)
Neighborhood connectedness	1.04 (0.99, 1.10)	0.99 (0.95, 1.04)
Maternal warmth
High (Ref)	1.00	1.00
Moderate/low	0.81 (0.53, 1.23)	0.89 (0.65, 1.22)
Missing	2.06 (0.81, 5.23)	3.36 (1.61, 7.01)

Note. CI = confidence interval; OR = odds ratio.