Table 2b.
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 “somewhat likely” category to those in the “very likely” category.
| Characteristic | Model 1 Demographic and contextual factors | Model 2 Model 1 + situational factors | Model 3 Model 1 + experiential factors and self-rated health | Model 4 Full model | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 1.01 (0.94. 1.09) | 1.03 (0.95,1.12) | 1.00 (0.93. 1.08) | 1.02 (0.94. 1.11) | ||||
| Race/ethnicity (ref: Non-Black. | ||||||||
| Non-Latina) | ||||||||
| Black | 2.03 (1.57, 2.62) | *** | 1.97(1.53,2.55) | *** | 1.97(1.51, 2.56) | *** | 1.82 (1.38, 2.39) | *** |
| Latina | 1.36 (0.93, 1.99) | 1.41 (0.96. 2.08) | 1.35(0.93. 1.96) | 1.40 (0.95, 2.05) | ||||
| Education (ref: High school) | ||||||||
| <High school | 1.78 (1.04, 3.07) | * | 2.05(1.17.3.58) | * | 1.66 (0.96. 2.88) | 1.93 (1.09.3.42) | * | |
| Some college | 0.74 (0.53, 1.04) | 0.67 (0.47, 0.94) | * | 0.81 (0.59, 1.12) | 0.74(0.53, 1.04) | |||
| ≥College degree | 0.61 (0.43. 0.88) | ** | 0.45 (0.30, 0.68) | *** | 0.75 (0.52, 1.09) | 0.57 (0.37, 0.86) | ** | |
| Region at baseline (ref: West) | ||||||||
| Northeast | 1.32(0.82, 2.12) | 1.37(0.84, 2.23) | 1.28 (0.80. 2.04) | 1.33 (0.81,2.18) | ||||
| North Central | 1.43 (0.89. 2.29) | 1.51 (0.93,2.43) | 1.35(0.84, 2.17) | 1.42 (0.87, 2.33) | ||||
| South | 1.36(0.90, 2.07) | 1.42 (0.93,2.18) | 1.32(0.87. 2.02) | 1.40 (0.90. 2.18) | ||||
| Lived in an urban area at baseline (ref: No) | 0.81 (0.59, 1.11) | 0.78 (0.56,1.10) | 0.80 (0.58, 1.10) | 0.75 (0.54, 1.06) | ||||
| Has health insurance (ref: No) | 0.81 (0.62, 1.06) | 0.88 (0.67, 1.16) | 0.82 (0.63. 1.07) | 0.92 (0.70, 1.21) | ||||
| Income as a % of federal poverty level (ref: ≥400) | ||||||||
| <100 | 1.26 (0.80, 2.00) | 1.26 (0.77, 2.07) | 1.35(0.85, 2.15) | 1.31 (0.79, 2.15) | ||||
| 100-199 | 1.31 (0.88. 1.95) | 1.41(0.92,2.16) | 1.25 (0.84. 1.87) | 1.32 (0.86, 2.02) | ||||
| 200-299 | 1.03 (0.65, 1.62) | 1.11 (0.69,1.80) | 1.04(0.66. 1.64) | 1.13 (0.70, 1.84) | ||||
| 300-399 | 1.03 (0.65, 1.64) | 1.13(0.70,1.81) | 1.02 (0.64, 1.62) | 1.12 (0.69, 1.80) | ||||
| Low Numeracy (ref: No) | 0.83(0.61, 1.11) | 0.85 (0.63, 1.15) | 0.83(0.62, 1.11) | 0.85 (0.63, 1.16) | ||||
| Partnership status (ref: Never- married, not cohabitating) | ||||||||
| Never-married, cohabitating | 0.58 (0.42, 0.80) | ** | 0.50 (0.35, 0.70) | *** | ||||
| Married | 0.86 (0.60, 1.23) | 0.77(0.53, 1.10) | ||||||
| Divorced'separated'widowed | 1.09(0.67, 1.79) | 1.01 (0.61. 1.67) | ||||||
| Parous (ref: No) | 0.54 (0.39, 0.75) | *** | 0.52 (0.38, 0.72) | *** | ||||
| Expects at least one future child (ref: No) | 0.94(0.67, 1.34) | 0.93 (0.66. 1.31) | ||||||
| Any sex in last year (ref: No) | 0.76(0.53. 1.09) | 0.63 (0.43, 0.94) | * | |||||
| >1 miscarriage or stillbirth (ref: No) | 1.22 (0.63, 2.35) | 1.37(0.69, 2.72) | ||||||
| Experience of impaired fecundity (ref: None) | ||||||||
| No pregnancy after 6 months, but not after 12 months, of unprotected sex | 1.51 (0.90. 2.54) | 1.93 (1.13,3.29) | * | |||||
| No pregnancy after 12 months of unprotected sex | 1.98(1.44,2.73) | *** | 2.40(1.68, 3.42) | *** | ||||
| Self-rated health (ref: Excellent) | ||||||||
| Very good | 1.32(0.94, 1.85) | 1.38(0.98, 1.94) | ||||||
| Good | 1.52 (1.08,2.14) | * | 1.59(1.12, 2.26) | * | ||||
| Fair/poor | 1.36 (0.82, 2.25) | 1.36(0.81,2.28) | ||||||
*
p<0.05
**
p<0.01
***
p<0.001