Table 1.
Descriptive statistics of the measures of respondents’ characteristics used as control variables in the analyses. N=28,972 journal observations from 787 young women.
| Characteristic | Characteristic | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Category | Frequency | Category | Frequency |
| Age | Mother’s Education | ||
| 18 | 330 | < High School | 68 |
| 19 | 390 | High School Graduate | 253 |
| 20 | 67 | Some College | 263 |
| BA and > BA | 173 | ||
| Education | Refused, Don’t Know, Missing | 30 | |
| High School Drop-Out | 59 | ||
| Enrolled in High School | 99 | Received Childhood Public Assistance | |
| High School Graduate | 223 | Yes | 284 |
| Enrolled in 2 Year College or Voc. Sch. | 185 | No | 481 |
| Enrolled in 4 Year College | 221 | Refused, Don’t Know | 22 |
| Religious Importance | Currently Receiving Public Assistance | ||
| Not Important | 80 | Yes | 199 |
| Somewhat Important | 262 | No | 284 |
| Very Important | 275 | ||
| More Important than Anything | 170 | Age at First Sex | |
| < 15 | 120 | ||
| Race | 15–16 | 281 | |
| African American | 264 | 17–19 | 215 |
| White | 496 | Never | 169 |
| Other | 20 | Refused, Don’t Know | 2 |
| Refused, Don’t Know, Missing | 7 | ||
| Total Number of Lifetime Sexual Partners | |||
| Lived mostly with parents during childhood | 1 | 140 | |
| Yes, two biological or adoptive parents | 364 | 2–3 | 211 |
| Yes, one biological and one step-parent | 49 | 4–6 | 153 |
| Yes, one biological parent only | 184 | > 6 | 108 |
| No, other | 190 | None | 162 |
| Refused, Don’t Know | 13 | ||
| Age of biological mother at first birth | |||
| < 18 | 133 | Currently Cohabiting | |
| 18–19 | 147 | No | 120 |
| 20–24 | 276 | Yes | 488 |
| 25–30 | 155 | No current partner | 179 |
| > 30 | 52 | ||
| Refused, Don’t know | 24 | ||
| Ever had sexual intercourse without birth control | Number of Pregnancies | ||
| Yes | 333 | 0 | 592 |
| No | 238 | 1 | 135 |
| Missing | 216 | 2 | 35 |
| > 2 | 25 | ||
Source: Relationship Dynamics and Social Life study.