Table 1.

Weighted Descriptive Overview of U.S. and Canadian Samples, by Teen Pregnancy

	Frequency, %
	U.S.			Canada
	Non-attrited Sample	Never Teen Pregnancy	Ever Teen Pregnancy	Non-attrited Sample	Never Teen Pregnancy	Ever Teen Pregnancy
Family Structure History
Maternal union status at child’s birth
Single	21.7	16.8	36.6	6.3	5.2	11.8
Married	72.6	78.4	54.7	80.1	83.5	66.7
Cohabiting	5.7	4.8	8.7	13.6	11.3	21.5
Family structure changes
No changes in family structure	54.2	59.4	38.2	72.4	76.3	50.2
One change only	17.8	17.3	19.5	20.1	18.3	37.5
Two or more changes	28.0	23.3	42.3	7.5	5.4	12.3
Poverty History
Episodes in poverty
Never poor	49.7	57.2	27.0	70.9	76.2	46.8
One episode only	13.6	14.7	10.4	13.2	12.1	22.1
Two or more episodes	36.7	28.1	62.6	15.9	11.7	31.1
Maternal Covariates
Maternal teen birth	16.5	13.3	26.3	3.2	2.5	6.3
Mother college-educated	16.3	20.1	4.7	33.0	34.9	22.7
Frequency	100.0	75.4	24.6	100.0	87.5	12.5
n	2,602	1,962	640	1,947	1,703	244