Table 2a.
Relative risk ratios and 95% CIs from multinomial regression models assessing associations between selected characteristics and perceived likelihood becoming pregnant and having a child within two years of unprotected intercourse. Results shown compare women in the “not very likely” category to those in the “very likely” category.
| Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Demographic and contextual factors | Model 1 + situational factors | Model 1 + experiential factors and self-rated health | Full model | ||||
| Age (years) | 1.18 (1.09, 1.27) | *** | 1.12 (1.03, 1.21) | ** | 1.16 (1.08, 1.25) | *** | 1.10 (1.02, 1.20) | * |
| Race/ethnicity (ref: Non-Black, Non-Latina) | ||||||||
| Black | 2.01 (1.50, 2.70) | *** | 1.82 (1.33, 2.50) | *** | 2.00 (1.49, 2.70) | *** | 1.74 (1.26, 2.41) | *** |
| Latina | 1.50 (1.12, 1.99) | ** | 1.55 (1.13, 2.14) | ** | 1.52 (1.16, 2.00) | ** | 1.62 (1.20, 2.19) | ** |
| Education (ref: High school) | ||||||||
| <High school | 1.84 (1.22, 2.76) | ** | 1.81 (1.17, 2.79) | ** | 1.59 (1.03, 2.45) | * | 1.56 (0.97, 2.49) | |
| Some college | 0.63 (0.46, 0.85) | ** | 0.71 (0.51, 0.99) | * | 0.71 (0.53, 0.97) | * | 0.81 (0.58, 1.12) | |
| ≥College degree | 0.28 (0.19, 0.42) | *** | 0.35 (0.23, 0.54) | *** | 0.39 (0.26, 0.58) | *** | 0.47 (0.31, 0.72) | ** |
| Region at baseline (ref: West) | ||||||||
| Northeast | 1.31 (0.83, 2.07) | 1.38 (0.83, 2.30) | 1.28 (0.82, 1.99) | 1.37 (0.84, 2.24) | ||||
| North Central | 1.48 (1.02, 2.15) | * | 1.51 (1.01, 2.26) | * | 1.36 (0.95, 1.96) | 1.39 (0.94, 2.07) | ||
| South | 1.81 (1.29, 2.54) | ** | 1.80 (1.16, 2.58) | ** | 1.69 (1.20, 2.39) | ** | 1.70 (1.16, 2.48) | * |
| Lived in an urban area at baseline (ref: No) | 0.90 (0.65, 1.26) | 0.90 (0.63, 1.28) | 0.90 (0.65, 1.24) | 0.86 (0.61, 1.20) | ||||
| Has health insurance (ref: No) | 0.95 (0.73, 1.25) | 1.00 (0.75, 1.34) | 0.97 (0.73, 1.28) | 1.04 (0.76, 1.41) | ||||
| Income as a % of federal poverty level (ref: ≥400) | ||||||||
| <100 | 2.26 (1.49, 3.42) | *** | 1.49 (0.93, 2.38) | 2.41 (1.58, 3.68) | *** | 1.48 (0.92, 2.38) | ||
| 100-199 | 1.66 (1.06, 2.59) | * | 1.32 (0.81, 2.15) | 1.55 (0.99, 2.44) | 1.18 (0.72, 1.93) | |||
| 200-299 | 1.39 (0.92, 2.09) | 1.15 (0.73, 1.81) | 1.40 (0.93, 2.11) | 1.16 (0.74, 1.83) | ||||
| 300-399 | 1.13 (0.68, 1.88) | 1.07 (0.63, 1.83) | 1.13 (0.68, 1.90) | 1.06 (0.62, 1.83) | ||||
| Low Numeracy (ref: No) | 1.29 (0.95, 1.75) | 1.24 (0.91, 1.67) | 1.26 (0.92, 1.73) | 1.19 (0.87, 1.63) | ||||
| Partnership status (ref: Never-married, not cohabitating) | ||||||||
| Never-married, cohabitating | 0.88 (0.60, 1.28) | 0.73 (0.50, 1.08) | ||||||
| Married | 0.63 (0.46, 0.87) | ** | 0.53 (0.38, 0.74) | *** | ||||
| Divorced/separated/widowed | 1.03 (0.57, 1.86) | 0.90 (0.49, 1.62) | ||||||
| Parous (ref: No) | 0.88 (0.60, 1.28) | 0.82 (0.58, 1.16) | ||||||
| Expects at least one future child (ref: No) | 0.25 (0.19, 0.32) | *** | 0.24 (0.18, 0.31) | *** | ||||
| Any sex in last year (ref: No) | 0.68 (0.48, 0.98) | * | 0.49 (0.33, 0.72) | *** | ||||
| >1 miscarriage or stillbirth (ref: No) | 1.38 (0.77, 2.46) | 1.69 (0.91, 3.14) | ||||||
| Experience of impaired fecundity (ref: None) | ||||||||
| No pregnancy after 6 months, but not after 12 months, of unprotected sex | 1.78 (1.15, 2.75) | * | 2.42 (1.50, 3.90) | *** | ||||
| No pregnancy after 12 months of unprotected sex | 2.76 (2.09, 3.63) | *** | 3.58 (2.69, 4.76) | *** | ||||
| Self-rated health (ref: Excellent) | ||||||||
| Very good | 0.98 (0.71, 1.36) | 1.05 (0.76, 1.44) | ||||||
| Good | 1.26 (0.93, 1.72) | 1.18 (0.87, 1.61) | ||||||
| Fair/poor | 1.73 (1.14, 2.64) | * | 1.79 (1.16, 2.75) | ** | ||||
*
p<0.05
**
p<0.01
***
p<0.001