Table 1. Pregnancy attitudes and socio-demographic characteristics at baseline (and Wave 2 for time varying covariates), %.
| Baseline | Wave 2 | Both waves | N (baseline) | |
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| PREGNANCY ATTITUDES | ||||
| Trying | 6 | 8 | 4 | 192 |
| Not trying | 94 | 92 | 90 | 2827 |
| Total | 100 | 100 | 94 | 3019 |
| Weak avoidance | 23 | 26 | 16 | 697 |
| Strong avoidance | 77 | 74 | 68 | 2327 |
| Total | 100 | 100 | 84 | 3024 |
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| UNION STATUS | ||||
| Married | 45 | 46 | 44 | 1,378 |
| Cohabiting | 20 | 20 | 16 | 621 |
| Dating | 21 | 20 | 14 | 653 |
| Single | 13 | 14 | 9 | 389 |
| Total | 100 | 100 | 82 | 3,041 |
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| EMPLOYMENT | ||||
| Not employed | 35 | 34 | 28 | 1,030 |
| Less than full-time | 24 | 21 | 13 | 729 |
| Full time | 41 | 45 | 35 | 1,218 |
| Total | 100 | 100 | 76 | 2977 |
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| AGE | ||||
| 18–24 | 27 | 807 | ||
| 25–29 | 34 | 1,036 | ||
| 30–34 | 21 | 640 | ||
| 35–39 | 18 | 558 | ||
| Total | 100 | 3,041 | ||
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| PARITY | ||||
| 0 | 53 | 1,609 | ||
| 1 | 20 | 592 | ||
| 2 | 18 | 532 | ||
| 3 or more | 10 | 299 | ||
| Total | 100 | 3,032 | ||
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| YOUNGEST CHILD IN HOUSEHOLD | ||||
| No children in hh | 51 | 1,562 | ||
| Infant (0–12 months) | 14 | 430 | ||
| Toddler (1–3 yrs) | 19 | 574 | ||
| Kid (4–12 yrs) | 12 | 355 | ||
| Teen (13–19 yrs) | 4 | 120 | ||
| Total | 100 | 3,041 | ||
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| RACE/ETHNICITY | ||||
| White | 65 | 1,978 | ||
| Black | 9 | 273 | ||
| Hispanic | 8 | 254 | ||
| Other | 18 | 536 | ||
| Total | 100 | 3,041 | ||
| EDUCATION | ||||
| Less than high school | 5 | 145 | ||
| High school | 14 | 412 | ||
| Some college | 36 | 1,105 | ||
| BA or higher | 45 | 1,379 | ||
| Total | 100 | 3,041 | ||