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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cult Health Sex. 2019 Apr 1;22(2):184–200. doi: 10.1080/13691058.2019.1581260

Table 3.

Bivariate associations between pregnancy acceptability and covariates

Women
(unweighted n= 619)
Men
(unweighted n= 729)
Pregnancy not acceptable Pregnancy acceptable Pregnancy not acceptable Pregnancy acceptable
Test statistic P-value Test statistic P-value
                 
Age (in years) F=20.53 0.0000 F=22.42 0.0000
 Mean (SD) 25.18 (0.29) 27.29 (0.36) 25.48 (0.33) 27.56 (0.29)
                 
Number of children F=7.49 0.0001 F= 5.82 0.0006
 0 222 (50.57) 87 (27.52) 268 (67.73) 208 (50.12)
 1 51 (13.65) 71 (30.36) 43 (13.68) 89 (25.96)
 2 62 (19.03) 50 (23.79) 34 (12.59) 33 (11.97)
 3 or more 48 (16.75) 28 (18.33) 18 (6.00) 36 (11.95)
                 
Annual household income F= 1.81 0.1300 F= 0.35 0.8418
 Below $20,000 90 (31.62) 39 (23.77) 47 (16.87) 39 (14.26)
 $20,000–39,999 115 (35.04) 75 (41.77) 88 (27.91) 78 (30.31)
 $40,000–59,999 62 (15.26) 46 (18.95) 72 (22.49) 81 (20.34)
 $60,000–99,999 41 (9.52) 34 (11.65) 88 (21.26) 102 (23.81)
 $100,000 or above 28 (8.56) 21 (3.86) 51 (11.47) 58 (11.27)
                 
Employment status F= 4.71 0.0009 F= 1.81
0.1270
 Full-time employed 128 (31.44) 97 (32.63) 223 (58.88) 258 (66.98)
 Part-time employed 78 (19.17) 34 (11.15) 58 (17.38) 46 (12.68)
 Not working 39 (11.29) 14 (6.77) 30 (10.18) 26 (10.25)
 Caregiver 69 (23.61) 67 (42.19) 1 (0.57) 4 (1.94)
 Student 56 (14.49) 19 (7.25) 48 (13.00) 27 (8.15)
                 
Relationship status F= 9.30 0.0001 F= 9.33 0.0001
 Main partner 122 (27.19) 33 (10.31) 163 (43.63) 125 (32.70)
 Serious/engaged 138 (36.51) 80 (36.79) 121 (33.37) 91 (26.01)
 Married 123 (36.30) 123 (52.90) 78 (23.01) 150 (41.30)
                 
Generational status F=0.10 0.9068 F=0.84 0.4305
 1st generation 125 (28.11) 64 (28.97) 64 (17.85) 67 (17.56)
 2nd generation 140 (39.34) 95 (37.00) 162 (40.36) 157 (45.76)
 3rd or higher generation 118 (32.55) 77 (34.03) 137 (41.79) 142 (36.68)
                 
Region of ancestry F=1.64 0.1475 F= 1.90 0.0948
 Mexican/Chicano 163 (47.41) 116 (56.11) 165 (45.58) 201 (59.17)
 Puerto Rican/Cuban/Dominican 62 (17.19) 44 (21.19) 72 (21.40) 64 (17.79)
 European 18 (3.58) 8 (2.35) 10 (1.91) 8 (1.67)
 South American 64 (11.25) 26 (6.74) 42 (8.66) 34 (6.10)
 Central American 21 (5.96) 13 (5.51) 16 (5.13) 16 (3.60)
 Multiple 54 (14.62) 28 (8.09) 53 (17.32) 40 (11.67)
                 
Importance of religion F=3.40 0.0335 F=9.32 0.0001
 Very important 93 (25.88) 75 (29.28) 66 (18.27) 111 (28.19)
 Somewhat/not very important 200 (50.58) 129 (58.26) 164 (47.77) 190 (53.98)
 Not at all important 90 (23.54) 32 (12.47) 133 (33.96) 65 (17.83)