TABLE 1.
PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION OF STUDY PARTICIPANTS, BY SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS, ACCORDING TO A METHOD OF DATA COLLECTION* (N=46)
| Characteristics | Focus Groups (n = 34) |
Cognitive Interviews (n = 12) |
Total (n=46) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Race/Ethnicity | |||
| Black | 52.9 | 41.7 | 52.2 |
| White | 47.1 | 41.7 | 41.3 |
| Other | 0 | 16.7 | 6.5 |
| Highest Level of Education Completed |
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| <High School | 5.9 | 8.3 | 6.5 |
| High School/GED | 29.4 | 25 | 28.3 |
| Some College | 52.9 | 25 | 45.7 |
| College | 8.8 | 16.7 | 10.9 |
| Graduate School | 2.9 | 25 | 8.7 |
| Relationship Status | |||
| Single1 | 58.8 | 58.3 | 58.7 |
| Premarital Relationship2 |
23.5 | 41.7 | 28.3 |
| Married | 11.8 | 0 | 8.7 |
| Separated/Divorce d |
5.9 | 0 | 4.4 |
| No. of Pregnancies | |||
| 0 | 44.1 | 83.3 | 54.4 |
| 1 | 32.4 | 16.7 | 28.3 |
| 2 or more | 23.5 | 0 | 17.4 |
| No. of Children | |||
| 0 | 50 | 75 | 56.5 |
| 1 | 29.4 | 25 | 28.3 |
| 2 or more | 20.6 | 0 | 15.2 |
| Religious Affiliation | |||
| Christian | 88.2 | 66.7 | 82.6 |
| Other | 0 | 8.3 | 2.2 |
| No Religion | 11.8 | 25 | 15.2 |
*
Mean age of participants: Focus groups - 21.09 years (range, 19 – 24); Interviews – 20.83 years (range 19-24);
1
Single: not currently in a relationship;
2
premarital relationship: in a relationship, cohabiting with a partner, or engaged.