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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Nov 20.
Published in final edited form as: Demogr Res. 2014 Nov 20;31:1229–1242. doi: 10.4054/DemRes.2014.31.40

Table 2. Sociodemographic characteristics and adolescent pregnancy-related experiences.

Total Sample (n=901) Subsample who did not experience a pregnancy scare (n=816) Subsample who experienced a pregnancy scare (n=85) p-value

% % %
Sociodemographic Characteristics
African American .34 .32 .54 ***
Bio mom <20 years old at 1st birth .36 .34 .52 ***
Two-parent childhood family structure .53 .56 .28 ***
High school GPA a 3.17 b 3.20 2.93 ***
Currently receiving public assistance .26 .24 .40 ***
Living with partner .17 .15 .27 ***
Adolescent Pregnancy-Related Experiences
Age at first sex ≤ 16 years .52 .50 .72 ***
Two or more sexual partners .59 .57 .79 ***
Ever had sex without birth control .47 .45 .71 ***
1 or more prior pregnancies .25 .23 .44 ***

Note: + p < 0.10;

*

p < 0.05;

**

p < 0.01;

***

p < 0.001 (one-tailed independent samples t-tests for significant differences between the two subsamples)

a

mean GPA presented for sample and subsamples;

b

std. dev.=.59