Table 1:

Participant demographic characteristics and pregnancy intentions, Young Couples Study (N=100)

Demographic Characteristic	n
Mean age, years (SD)	22.6 (3.5)
Race/ethnicity^a
Latino	45
Black	22
Asian/Pacific Islander	18
Native American	7
White	35
Multiracial	24
Educational attainment
Less than high school	3
High school	19
Vocational or technical school, associate’s degree	7
Some college	46
College graduate	25
Student	52
Employed	65
Parent	41
Has experienced an unintended pregnancy	47
Married/cohabiting^b	26
In a relationship for more than one year	71
Insurance type^c
Private	58
Public	32
Uninsured	10
Pregnancy Intentions^d	n
Are you currently trying to get pregnant or avoid a pregnancy?^e
I am trying to get pregnant	2
I wouldn’t mind getting pregnant	13
I wouldn’t mind avoiding pregnancy	7
I am trying to avoid pregnancy	77
I don’t know	2
Thinking about your life right now, how important is it for you to avoid pregnancy?
Very important	67
Somewhat important	15
A little important	10
Not important at all	6
Don’t know	2
If you found out today that you were pregnant, how would you feel?
Very unhappy	26
A little unhappy	19
Wouldn’t care	2
A little happy	14
Don’t know	20

^(a)

Notes: Participants could report identifying with multiple racial and ethnic groups, thus the sum of all categories exceeds 100.

^(b)

Each individual participant reported their relationship status. Members of some couples discrepantly reported their relationship status, making this frequency an odd rather than even number.

^(c)

One participant reported having both public and private insurance. Another participant reported not knowing what type of insurance they had.

^(d)

For male participants, questions were modified to reference their partner becoming pregnant.

^(e)

One participant selected two responses on the paper demographic survey to this question.