Table 4.

Characteristics of Relationships that Produced Pregnancies, before and after Pregnancy (n = 216)

	At the time of pregnancy		After the Pregnancy
	Proportion/Mean	↔ sig. diff.	Proportion/Mean
Seriousness
Nights spent together (%)	55%	ns	58%
Total duration (in months)	15.71	***	7.29
Relationship type
Casual	6%	–	10%
Dating	2%	–	4%
Long-Distance	9%	–	10%
Serious	31%	–	17%
Cohabiting	21%	–	21%
Engaged	22%	–	23%
Married	9%	–	16%
Instability
Broke up
Broke up (total)	19%	***	47%
Broke up and got back together	19%	–	28%
Broke up and did not get back together	0%	–	33%
Partner had sex with another partner	22%	ns	25%
Conflict
Unequal Decision-making	.05	ns	.03
Fighting	74%	*	66%
Disrespect	40%	ns	44%
Threats	13%	†	19%
Physical Assault	16%	ns	17%

Notes:

^*p < .05;

^**p < .01;

^***p < .001;

^†p< .10;

two-tailed independent samples t-tests

ns not significant

^–no test