Table 3.

Bivariate and multivariate linear regression to identify correlates with childbearing motivations (positive and negative) among urban youth, n=401.

	Positive Childbearing Motivations (PCM)		Negative Childbearing Motivations (NCM)
Variable	β (95% CI), p bivariate	β (95% CI), p multivariate	β (95% CI), p bivariate	β (95% CI), p multivariate
Age
20-24 yrs	0.02 (-.12-.16), 0.75	0.01 (-.15-.17), 0.87	-0.12 (-.301-.047), 0.15	-0.07 (-.28-.14), 0.53
15-19yrs (ref)
Childless	-0.14 (-.28--.001), 0.048*	-0.13 (-.29-.03), 0.11	-013 (-.28-.01), .072	0.15 (-.06-.36), 0.16
Relationship status
Living together	0.02 (-.23- .28), 0.82	-0.03 (-.31-.24), 0.82	-0.08 (-.40-.24), 0.62	-0.01 (-.36-.34), 0.96
Single (ref)
Race
Caucasian	0.03 (-.21-.27), 0.79	0.16 (-.10-.42), 0.23	0.01 (-.30-.31), 0.97	0.02 (-.36-.32), 0.89
African American (ref)
HIV-infected status	-0.09 (-.31-13), 0.42	-0.17 (-.42-.08), 0.18	-0.33 (-.60--.07), 0.01	-0.30 (-.62-.02), 0.06
Perceived partner desire	0.25 (.096-.404), 0.001*	0.27 (.11-.44), 0.001*	-0.21 (-.412--.019), 0.03	-0.1.6 (-.37-.04), 0.12

^*= p<0.05