Table 3.
Coefficients from Random Effects Logistic Regressions Predicting Pregnancy Desires: Any Desire and Strongest Disinclination
| Any desire (versus none) | Strongest disinclination (versus <strongest) | |||||||||||
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| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) | (12) | |
| Family Background & Race | ||||||||||||
| Mother did not attend college | 0.02 | −0.23 | −0.02 | −0.11 | −0.01 | −0.40 | −0.02 | 0.28 | 0.02 | 0.15 | 0.00 | 0.49 |
| Mother <20 years at first birth | 1.05** | 0.78* | 0.92** | 0.94** | 0.92** | 0.58* | −1.23*** | −0.98** | −1.09*** | −1.13*** | −1.13*** | −0.76** |
| Parents did not own their own home | −0.22 | −0.30 | −0.27 | −0.30 | −0.16 | −0.29 | 0.14 | 0.17 | 0.21 | 0.22 | 0.09 | 0.23 |
| Received public assistance as a child | 1.54*** | 1.12*** | 1.39*** | 1.47*** | 1.48*** | 1.06** | −0.92** | −0.54* | −0.75* | −0.83** | −0.89** | −0.43 |
| Receiving public assistance at baseline | 1.25*** | 0.42 | 1.04** | 1.02** | 1.00** | 0.12 | −1.55*** | −0.77* | −1.37*** | −1.29*** | −1.38*** | −0.41 |
| African American | 0.39 | 0.12 | 0.26 | 0.38 | 0.52 | 0.34 | −0.44 | −0.35 | −0.39 | −0.43 | −0.57* | −0.51 |
| Social Environment | ||||||||||||
| Religiosity | −0.67* | −0.63* | 0.81** | 0.76** | ||||||||
| Proportion of friends who have children | 0.68*** | 0.49*** | −0.61*** | −0.42*** | ||||||||
| Proportion of single mothers in community | 0.34* | 0.25 | −0.19 | −0.12 | ||||||||
| Friends’ approval of pregnancy | 0.33*** | 0.28** | −0.19* | −0.15 | ||||||||
| Parents’ approval of pregnancy | 0.22* | 0.20* | −0.34*** | −0.32*** | ||||||||
| Emotional Wellbeing | ||||||||||||
| Depression (0–20) | 0.22*** | 0.17*** | −0.22*** | −0.17*** | ||||||||
| Loneliness (0–16) | 0.11 | 0.14 | −0.03 | −0.06 | ||||||||
| Self-esteem (0–16) | −0.00 | −0.02 | 0.05 | 0.05 | ||||||||
| Education & Employment | ||||||||||||
| Education (ref: enrolled in 4yr post-secondary) | ||||||||||||
| Enrolled or graduated 2-year post-secondary | 0.06 | −0.08 | −0.07 | 0.04 | ||||||||
| Graduated high school, not enrolled | 0.70** | 0.48* | −0.68** | −0.44* | ||||||||
| Enrolled in high school | 1.33*** | 1.06*** | −1.90*** | −1.65*** | ||||||||
| Dropped out of high school | 1.01** | 0.61* | −1.35*** | −1.03*** | ||||||||
| Employment (Ref: not employed) | ||||||||||||
| Employed, on career path | −0.52* | −0.56* | 0.59** | 0.64** | ||||||||
| Employed, not on career path | −0.01 | −0.07 | 0.18 | |||||||||
| Relationship Status (Ref: not in a relationship) | ||||||||||||
| Engaged | 2.23*** | 2.14*** | −1.67*** | −1.61*** | ||||||||
| Special, spent time together | 1.13*** | 1.09*** | −0.86*** | −0.85*** | ||||||||
| Special, did not spend time together | 0.86*** | 0.83*** | −0.66*** | −0.64*** | ||||||||
| Non-special, spent time together | 1.00*** | 0.90*** | −0.81** | −0.72** | ||||||||
| Non-special, did not spend time together | 0.12 | 0.10 | −0.00 | −0.00 | ||||||||
| Constant | −8.30*** | −9.48*** | −9.66*** | −8.22*** | −8.64*** | −11.09*** | 7.41*** | 8.11*** | 7.74*** | 7.50*** | 7.79*** | 8.73*** |
| lnsig2u | 3.10*** | 2.88*** | 2.94*** | 3.02*** | 2.92*** | 2.71*** | 2.99*** | 2.80*** | 2.87*** | 2.95*** | 2.89*** | 2.66*** |
Note: In all models, N=25,142 person-weeks across 875 respondents from the Relationship Dynamics and Social Life Study, 2008–2010.
Standard errors have been omitted from this table and are available upon request.
†
p<0.10,
*
p<0.05,
**
p<0.01,
***
p<0.001, one-tailed tests