Table 1.
Full sample | Disability status |
Test statistica | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
No disability | Disability | |||
Dependent measures | ||||
Type of relationship at first sexual intercourseb | ||||
Had just met | 0.034 | 0.033 | 0.038 | N/S |
Casual acquaintances | 0.203 | 0.202 | 0.206 | |
Going together or going steady (reference category) | 0.681 | 0.688 | 0.663 | |
Committed relationship | 0.052 | 0.051 | 0.057 | |
Other relationship | 0.029 | 0.026 | 0.036 | |
Level of discussion about birth control at first sexual intercourseb | ||||
No, didn't ever talk about birth control together | 0.342 | 0.347 | 0.329 | N/S |
Yes, talked but only a little | 0.123 | 0.124 | 0.121 | |
Yes, talked some | 0.207 | 0.213 | 0.190 | |
Yes, talked a lot | 0.328 | 0.317 | 0.360 | |
Wanted a pregnancy at first sexual intercourseb | ||||
No (reference category) | 0.826 | 0.835 | 0.801 | N/S |
Yes | 0.041 | 0.040 | 0.044 | |
Didn't think about it | 0.032 | 0.027 | 0.044 | |
Didn't care | 0.101 | 0.098 | 0.111 | |
Adolescent limitationsc | ||||
Type of condition | ||||
No condition (reference category) | 0.728 | |||
Chronic illness only | 0.070 | – | – | |
Sensory condition only | 0.123 | – | – | |
Learning disability or emotional condition only | 0.036 | – | – | |
Multiple conditions | 0.043 | – | – | |
Severity of limitation | ||||
Not limited in 1997 (reference category) | 0.898 | |||
Mild limitation | 0.083 | – | – | |
Serious limitation | 0.020 | – | – | |
Adolescent characteristics | ||||
Race/ethnicityb | ||||
Non-Hispanic Black | 0.269 | 0.267 | 0.274 | *** |
Hispanic | 0.203 | 0.219 | 0.158 | |
Non-Hispanic White (reference category) | 0.529 | 0.514 | 0.569 | |
Age at first sexual intercoursed | 16.240 (2.022) | 16.278 (2.039) | 16.138 (1.972) | N/S |
Family characteristics | ||||
Two biological parentse | 0.426 | 0.454 | 0.353 | *** |
Parental highest educationb | ||||
Less than high school (reference category) | 0.167 | 0.174 | 0.148 | * |
High school only | 0.338 | 0.322 | 0.381 | |
More than high school | 0.495 | 0.505 | 0.470 | |
Household income-to-poverty ratiob | ||||
0–100 | 0.241 | 0.234 | 0.259 | * |
101–200 | 0.217 | 0.209 | 0.237 | |
201 and above (reference category) | 0.542 | 0.557 | 0.504 | |
Biological mother's age at adolescent's birthd | 25.279 (5.413) | 25.387 (5.428) | 24.988 (5.366) | † |
Nf | 2,729 | 1,987 | 742 |
Source: National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997, Waves 1–11
N/S non-significant
p < .10
p < .05
** p < .01
p < .001; two-tailed tests
Contrasts those with no reported disability and those with any reported disability
Data shown are proportions with chi-square tests reported
Data shown are proportions
Data shown are means with standard deviations in parentheses and t-tests reported
Data shown are proportions with two-sample test of proportions reported
Except for the wanted a pregnancy outcome, where full sample N = 808, no disability sample N = 582, and disability sample N = 226