Table 1.
Proportion of female respondents experiencing a teen pregnancy, by sexual orientation, in existing studies
| Study | Dataset | Location | Year | N | Heterosexual (%) | Mostly Heterosexual (%) | Bisexual (%) | Lesbian (%) |
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| Tornello, Riskind, & Patterson, 2013 | National Survey of Family Growth | US National (representative) | 2006–2010 | 2,664 (1,388 included for pregnancy comparisons) | 30.5 | -- | 38.2 | 31.8 |
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| Charlton et al, 2013 | Nurse’s Health Survey II (NHSII) Growing Up Today Study (GUTS) |
US National (non-representative) | NHSII: 1995 | NHSII: 81,974 | NHS: 9.9b,c, Ŧ | -- | NHS: 20.4a, Ŧ | NHS: 7.2a, Ŧ |
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| US National (non-representative) | GUTS: 2007 | GUTS: 6,424 | GUTS: 1.8e, Ŧ Het-identified/same-sex experienced (GUTS): 8.8a, Ŧ |
MH+B (GUTS): 3.9a, Ŧ | GUTS: 2.7 | |||
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| Riskind et al, 2014 | Youth Risk Behavior Survey | Pooled States | 2005–2007 | 6,879 (weighted N) | 14.0 c | -- | 19.0a, Ŧ | 27.0 |
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| Lindley & Walsemann, 2015 | Youth Risk Behavior Survey | New York City | 2005–2009 | 4,892 | 13.3 e, ł | Unsure: 12.2 | B+L: 22.6 a, ł | |
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| Goodenow, 2008 | Youth Risk Behavior Survey | Massachusetts | 1995–2001 | 3,963 | 10.8 e, łł | Unsure: 11.4 | B+L: 24.1 a, łł | |
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| Saewyc et al, 1999 | Minnesota Adolescent Health Survey | Minnesota | 1987 | 3,816 | 5.3 e | Unsure: 6.1e | B+L: 12.3 a, d B: 17.0 L: 53.0 |
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H= Heterosexual; MH= Mostly Heterosexual; B=Bisexual; L =Lesbian; ‘--’ indicates category was not assessed
Significantly different from heterosexuals
Significantly different from lesbians
Significantly different from bisexuals
Significantly different from unsure
Significantly different from sexual minority women (multiple non-heterosexual groups collapsed into single group)
Significant after adjusting for race, age, and survey year, and biological sex of prior sexual partners; NOT significant after adjusting for victimization history, age of first vaginal intercourse, and lifetime sexual partner count.
Significant after adjusting for race, age, survey year, immigrant status, sexual victimization, and receipt of school-based AIDS education.
Significant after adjusting for age, race, and geographic region