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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Mar 22.
Published in final edited form as: Perspect Sex Reprod Health. 2016 Feb 29;48(1):35–43. doi: 10.1363/48e8116

Table 2.

Percentage distribution of background characteristics of mothers of births, by intention status and marital status at conception, Okahoma PRAMS 2004-2008 and TOTS 2006-2010.

All women Married at conception Unmarried at conception
Characteristic Total Total Intended Mistimed
<2 years
Mistimed
>=2 years
Unwanted Total Intended Mistimed
<2 years
Mistimed
>=2 years
Unwanted


N 5,740 3,617 2,516 511 314 276 2,123 702 383 753 285
Age at index birth
15-24 38% 23% 20% 34% * 36% * 8% * 58% 51% 57% 73% * 38%
(15-19) 8% 1% NA NA NA NA 17% 12% 11% 27% * 9%
(20-24) 30% 21% 19% 31% * 32% * 8% * 41% 38% 46% 46% 29%
25-29 33% 39% 39% 38% 45% 32% 26% 29% 34% 19% * 31%
30-44 28% 39% 41% 28% * 19% * 60% * 15% 21% 9% * 8% * 31%
First birth 42% 33% 39% 30% * 21% * 6% * 53% 50% 49% 64% * 32% *
Race
Non-Hispanic white 70% 78% 79% 76% 70% * 79% 60% 58% 62% 62% 53%
Hispanic 10% 9% 8% 10% 15% * 6% 12% 19% 11% * 6% * 11% *
Non-Hispanic black 8% 4% 3% 5% 5% 6% 13% 9% 11% 16% * 18% *
Non-Hispanic other 13% 10% 11% 9% 10% 9% 15% 14% 16% 15% 18%
Education
Less than high school 17% 9% 7% 10% 18% * 9% 28% 35% 25% * 27% 16% *
High school 38% 30% 28% 33% 37% * 36% 47% 43% 51% 47% 53%
College or more 45% 61% 66% 57% * 45% * 55% * 25% 22% 25% 26% 31%
Above federal poverty line a 65% 83% 87% 77% * 64% * 79% * 42% 39% 43% 43% 46%
Intimate partner violence b 5% 2% 2% 1% 3% 1% 10% 7% 12% 10% 14% *
*

p<.05 vs. intended.

All differences in totals between women married and unmarried at conception are significant at the p<.05 level

a

in 12 months before baby was born

b

in 12 months before conception

Note: NA - results not shown due to small sample sizes.