Table 3.

Ordered logistic regression of level of discussion about birth control and multinomial logistic regression of pregnancy wantedness at first sexual intercourse

	Level of discussion about birth control at first sexual intercoursea		Wanted a pregnancy at first sexual intercourseb
			Yes		Didn't think about it		Didn't care
Adolescent limitations
Chronic health condition only	0.987
	–0.013
	(0.138)
Sensory condition only	1.116
	0.110
	(0.108)
Learning disability or emotional condition only	1.568*
	0.450
	(0.197)
Multiple conditions	1.348†		6.079**		4.258*		1.390
	0.299		1.805		1.449		0.329
	(0.176)		(0.581)		(0.615)		(0.567)
One condition only			0.901		1.081		1.241
			–0.104		0.078		0.216
			(0.527)		(0.504)		(0.281)
Mild condition		1.147		2.073		2.098		1.364
		0.137		0.729		0.741		0.310
		(0.130)		(0.661)		(0.590)		(0.413)
Serious condition		0.967		7.958**		4.756*		1.016
		–0.034		2.074		1.560		0.016
		(0.260)		(0.669)		(0.710)		(0.781)
Adolescent characteristics
Black	1.207*	1.190†	0.756	0.882	0.475	0.534	1.154	1.135
	0.188	0.174	–0.280	–0.126	–0.745	–0.628	0.144	0.127
	(0.090)	(0.091)	(0.582)	(0.580)	(0.571)	(0.572)	(0.309)	(0.309)
Hispanic	0.862	0.851	2.662†	3.018*	0.697	0.789	1.266	1.274
	–0.148	–0.162	0.979	1.105	–0.361	–0.237	0.236	0.242
	(0.102)	(0.102)	(0.504)	(0.515)	(0.578)	(0.583)	(0.329)	(0.333)
Age at first sexual intercourse	1.120***	1.116***	0.895	0.915	0.842	0.849	0.978	0.978
	0.114	0.110	–0.111	–0.089	–0.172	–0.164	–0.022	–0.023
	(0.018)	(0.018)	(0.099)	(0.099)	(0.114)	(0.114)	(0.062)	(0.061)
Family characteristics
Two biological parents	1.210*	1.207*	1.438	1.516	0.574	0.615	0.850	0.851
	0.190	0.188	0.363	0.416	–0.555	–0.487	–0.163	–0.161
	(0.080)	(0.080)	(0.411)	(0.415)	(0.507)	(0.511)	(0.280)	(0.281)
Parental highest education: high school	0.845	0.838	1.141	1.008	0.909	0.885	1.261	1.300
	–0.169	–0.177	0.132	0.008	–0.095	–0.122	0.232	0.262
	(0.115)	(0.115)	(0.492)	(0.479)	(0.549)	(0.540)	(0.318)	(0.318)
Parental highest education: more than high school	0.816†	0.807†	0.863	0.868	0.534	0.532	0.595	0.612
	–0.203	–0.214	–0.148	–0.142	–0.627	–0.630	–0.519	–0.491
	(0.116)	(0.116)	(0.536)	(0.531)	(0.602)	(0.602)	(0.372)	(0.373)
Income-to poverty ratio: 0–100	1.052	1.067	6.375***	5.624**	1.613	1.443	1.933*	1.922*
	0.051	0.065	1.852	1.727	0.478	0.367	0.659	0.654
	(0.102)	(0.103)	(0.583)	(0.588)	(0.535)	(0.540)	(0.319)	(0.320)
Income-to poverty ratio: 101-200	1.075	1.082	3.015†	2.899†	1.227	1.155	1.387	1.394
	0.072	0.079	1.104	1.064	0.205	0.144	0.327	0.332
	(0.095)	(0.096)	(0.612)	(0.612)	(0.556)	(0.556)	(0.332)	(0.333)
Biological mother's age at adolescent's birth	0.988†	0.988†	1.024	1.021	0.842	1.039	1.017	1.016
	–0.012	–0.012	0.024	0.020	–0.172	0.039	0.016	0.016
	(0.007)	(0.007)	(0.034)	(0.034)	(0.114)	(0.037)	(0.023)	(0.023)
Intercept 1	0.890	0.788	–3.555*	–3.858*	–1.222	–1.385	–2.514*	–2.459*
Intercept 2	1.414	1.313
Intercept 3	2.286	2.181
Log likelihood	–3,560.066	–3,545.709	–476.747	–476.263
N	2,729	2,715	808	805

Source: National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997, Waves 1–11

^†p < .10

^*p < .05

^**p < .01

^***p < .001; two-tailed tests

^aData shown are odds ratios (first number) and unstandardized coefficients (second number) from ordered logistic regression equations with standard errors for the unstandardized regression coefficients in parentheses. Higher values indicate more discussion about birth control

^bData shown are relative risk ratios (first number) and unstandardized coefficients (second number) from multinomial logistic regression equations with standard errors for the unstandardized regression coefficients in parentheses. The reference category is “No, didn't want a pregnancy”. This question is only asked of respondents who did not report using contraception at first sexual intercourse