Table 1.

Percentage of women in the sample, by selected characteristics, according to perceived likelihood of becoming pregnant and having a child within two years of unprotected intercourse.

			Perceived likelihood of future pregnancy
Characteristic	All (N=3,088)		Not very likely (N=556)		Somewhat likely (N=416)		Very likely (N=1,954)		“Don’t know” (N=162)		p-value
Demographic and contextual factors
Age											0.011
24-26	1366	44.2	212	37.3	194	45.0	881	45.3	79	47.1
27-28	1238	39.0	229	40.0	168	40.6	787	39.0	54	32.2
29-32	484	16.9	115	22.7	54	14.4	286	15.7	29	20.7
Race/ethnicity											<0.001
Non-Black, Non-Latina	1570	72.4	184	57.6	175	64.1	1105	76.4	106	82.6
Black	849	15.4	235	26.8	151	23.0	433	12.0	30	9.2
Latina	669	12.1	137	15.6	90	12.9	416	11.6	26	8.3
Education											<0.001
<High school	270	7.1	101	16.9	52	11.0	104	4.3	13	5.4
High school	686	20.9	186	32.2	106	24.3	362	17.9	32	18.0
Some college	1199	37.1	203	37.2	163	36.8	778	37.6	55	32.4
≥College degree	915	35.0	61	13.6	94	27.9	698	40.3	62	44.2
Region at baseline											0.002
West	691	21.4	91	15.0	73	17.1	494	23.7	33	20.8
Northeast	529	17.9	8s1	15.2	64	17.4	345	18.2	39	22.4
North Central	685	25.9	111	23.9	98	27.3	440	26.2	36	25.4
South	1183	34.8	273	45.9	181	38.2	675	31.9	54	31.4
Lived in an urban area at baseline											0.700
No	687	28.3	127	29.6	98	31.0	424	27.6	38	28.1
Yes	2275	71.7	402	70.4	297	69.0	1454	72.5	122	71.9
Has health insurance											0.001
No	806	24.9	184	31.6	126	29.5	454	22.4	42	26.1
Yes	2281	75.1	372	68.5	290	70.5	1499	77.6	120	73.9
Income as a % of federal poverty level											<0.001
<100	540	15.0	186	30.6	88	18.6	242	10.9	24	13.9
100-199	514	18.3	106	22.7	85	22.1	295	16.4	28	21.5
200-299	448	16.9	77	17.2	57	16.6	299	17.6	15	9.1
300-399	366	13.6	48	10.1	46	12.9	255	14.5	17	13.0
≥400	856	36.2	69	19.5	92	29.9	646	40.6	49	42.5
Situational factors
Partnership status											<.001
Never-married, not cohabitating	1336	39.4	273	43.2	214	47.5	757	35.5	92	55.4
Never-married, cohabitating	555	18.6	100	19.6	55	13.5	377	19.8	23	13.5
Married	973	34.7	127	26.2	116	30.7	693	38.3	37	24.9
Divorced/ separated/widow ed	216	7.3	55	11.0	29	8.3	123	6.4	9	6.3
Parous											<.001
No	1391	50.2	150	30.0	194	54.0	924	51.1	123	82.6
Yes	1693	49.8	405	70.0	221	46.1	1028	48.9	39	17.4
Expects at least one future child											<.001
No	793	24.2	307	56.8	90	20.9	372	17.8	24	17.4
Yes	2204	75.8	244	43.2	319	79.1	1534	82.2	107	82.6
Any sex in last year											<.001
No	492	13.6	138	20.8	80	18.0	237	10.4	37	22.4
Yes	2542	86.4	405	79.2	329	82.0	1692	89.7	116	77.7
Experiential factors and self-rated health
>1 miscarriage or stillbirth											0.002
No	2984	96.8	525	93.8	400	95.8	1901	97.3	158	97.8
Yes	104	3.2	31	6.2	16	4.3	53	2.7	4	2.2
Experience of impaired fecundity											<0.001
None	2145	70.8	301	50.1	258	60.3	1457	76.4	129	81.3
No pregnancy after 6 months, but not after 12 months, of unprotected sex	206	6.7	43	8.9	30	8.2	128	6.3	5	2.2
No pregnancy after 12 months of unprotected sex	737	22.6	212	41.0	128	31.5	369	17.3	28	16.5
Self-rated health											<0.001
Excellent	673	23.1	102	17.6	73	17.2	460	25.2	38	25.7
Very good	1170	39.4	156	29.8	156	38.9	786	41.2	72	43.6
Good	928	28.7	202	34.9	139	34.3	551	26.7	36	23.8
Fair/poor	317	8.8	96	17.7	48	9.6	157	6.9	16	6.9
Numeracy
Low Numeracy											<0.001
No	2190	77.6	351	68.1	302	80.1	1424	79.1	113	79.6
Yes	669	22.4	158	31.9	82	19.9	397	20.9	32	20.4