Table 2.
Logistic regressions predicting unintended first birth
| Variables | Model 1 |
Model 2 |
Model 3 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | (SE) | B | (SE) | B | (SE) | |
| Net wealth decile | −0.13*** | (0.03) | −0.11** | (0.04) | ||
| Black | 0.51* | (0.21) | 0.37 | (0.21) | 0.37 | (0.27) |
| Latina | 0.12 | (0.22) | 0.03 | (0.23) | 0.37 | (0.27) |
| 20–24 | 0.83 | (0.60) | ||||
| 25–29 | −0.02 | (0.53) | ||||
| 30–34 | −0.38 | (0.43) | ||||
| Divorced/separated/widow | 1.23*** | (0.23) | 1.20*** | (0.24) | 1.35*** | (0.24) |
| Never married | 2.09*** | (0.21) | 1.89*** | (0.22) | 2.01*** | (0.23) |
| Low AFQT score | −0.39 | (0.26) | ||||
| Less than high school | 0.08 | (0.41) | −0.22 | (0.40) | −0.29 | (0.46) |
| High school | 0.22 | (0.22) | 0.03 | (0.23) | −0.09 | (0.26) |
| Some college | 0.25 | (0.24) | 0.13 | (0.24) | −0.01 | (0.25) |
| Income at conception | −0.00 | (0.01) | ||||
| Mother had low education | −0.12 | (0.22) | ||||
| Lived with bio parents | −0.06 | (0.22) | ||||
| Born outside of US | −0.31 | (0.37) | ||||
| Lived in urban area | 0.51* | (0.25) | ||||
| Lived in the South | 0.01 | (0.21) | ||||
| No literacy materials in HH | −0.55 | (0.35) | ||||
| Catholic | −0.24 | (0.31) | ||||
| Liberal protestant | 0.08 | (0.34) | ||||
| Conservative protestant | 0.12 | (0.29) | ||||
| Year of conception | 0.02 | (0.04) | ||||
| Family size at conception | 0.02 | (0.07) | ||||
| Constant | −2.50*** | (0.18) | −1.61*** | (0.28) | −45.90 | (79.94) |
| Observations | 1508 | 1508 | 1508 | |||
Robust standard errors in parentheses
***
p < 0.001,
**
p < 0.01,
*
p < 0.05