Table 5.
Relative risk ratios from multinomial logistic regression predicting women’s future fertility plans at Wave IV among women reaching age 20 with no live births in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health
| Postponers vs. parents | Planned childless vs. parents | Postponers vs. planned childless | |
|---|---|---|---|
| WI feelings toward pregnancy scale | 1.17* | 1.28 | 0.92 |
| WI life-course consequences scale | 1.20** | 1.29* | 0.93 |
| Age at WIV | 0.80*** | 1.03 | 0.78** |
| Race–ethnicity | |||
| Non-Hispanic white | – | – | – |
| Non-Hispanic black | 0.95 | 0.60 | 1.59 |
| Hispanic | 1.32 | 1.29 | 1.03 |
| Asian/other | 1.02 | 2.32* | 0.44* |
| Foreign-born | 1.34 | 0.60 | 2.22* |
| W1 family structure | |||
| Both biological parents | – | – | – |
| Stepfamily | 0.81 | 1.01 | 0.80 |
| Single parent | 0.80 | 0.83 | 0.96 |
| Other | 1.38 | 0.60 | 2.29 |
| WI family socioeconomic status | 1.06** | 0.98 | 1.08 |
| WI discussed pregnancy or AIDS at school | 0.84 | 0.65 | 1.29 |
| WI religiosity | 0.99 | 1.00 | 0.99 |
| WI highly wanted & expected to attend college | 0.92 | 0.52** | 1.77*** |
| WI aptitude test | 1.01 | 1.01 | 0.99 |
| WI locus of control | 1.11 | 0.79 | 1.41* |
| WIV education | |||
| Less than high school | 1.20 | 0.93 | 1.30 |
| High school | – | – | – |
| Associate’s degree | 1.13 | 1.08 | 1.04 |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher | 3.22*** | 2.09*** | 1.54* |
| WIV educational aspirations | |||
| Achieved desired education | – | – | – |
| Not achieved but believe I will | 0.88 | 0.55** | 1.60** |
| Not achieved, do not believe I will | 0.85 | 0.48* | 1.77 |
| WIV current/most recent job and job goals | |||
| Part of goals | – | – | – |
| Preparation for goals | 0.97 | 1.09 | 0.89 |
| Not related to goals | 0.84 | 1.51* | 0.56** |
| No goals/never worked | 1.55+ | 2.53* | 0.61 |
| WIV household income | 1.04 | 0.97 | 1.07 |
| WIV employed FT | 2.42*** | 2.27*** | 1.06 |
| Union status | |||
| Not in a union | – | – | – |
| Cohabiting | 0.59** | 0.53** | 1.13 |
| Married | 0.14*** | 0.07*** | 1.88** |
| Constant | 0.05* | 0.11 | 0.40 |
| N | 4418 | 4418 | 4418 |
+
p ≤ .055,
*
p ≤ .05,
**
p ≤ .01,
***
p ≤ .001