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Selected measures reflecting characteristics of respondents' relationship with their baby's father and the father's characteristics, by age, race/ethnicity and county of residence.(teenage pregnancy and birth)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
Appendix Table 2.
Selected measures reflecting characteristics of
respondents' relationship with their baby's father and the father's
characteristics, by age, race/ethnicity and county of residence.
UNWEIGHTED.
PERCENTAGES
Age
State- Unweighted
weighted Total 15-16
Total
Measure (N=187) (N=187) (N=90)
Relationship with the father
Dating/engaged before pregnancy 97.7 96.8 95.6
Only steady relationship ever 48.5 50.8 50.0
Living together at time of interview 38.0 32.6 26.7
Think marriage is "very likely" in next 53.3 50.3 46.7
few years
Reasons for first sex with the father
Planned to marry him 57.5 55.1 44.4
Wanted baby 24.8 25.7 21.1
Father's background characteristics
Employed 71.5 67.4 59.0
H.S. graduate 47.6 44.6 37.8
Has other children 16.9 19.6 21.6
Fathers intention status at conception
Intended 52.1 54.1 55.1
Did not care 22.6 20.5 19.1
Did not intend 25.2 25.4 25.8
Age Race/ethnicity (*)
17-18 Hispanic
U.S.-born
Measure (N=97) (N=66)
Relationship with the father
Dating/engaged before pregnancy 97.9 93.9
Only steady relationship ever 51.5 50.0
Living together at time of interview 38.1 34.8
Think marriage is "very likely" in next 53.6 51.5
few years
Reasons for first sex with the father
Planned to marry him 64.9 48.5
Wanted baby 29.9 19.7
Father's background characteristics
Employed 74.7 75.8
H.S. graduate 50.6 40.0
Has other children 17.7 15.4
Fathers intention status at conception
Intended 53.1 53.8
Did not care 21.9 18.5
Did not intend 25.0 27.7
Race/ethnicity (*) County
Hispanic Black Alameda
Foreign
Measure (N=54) (N=46) (N=78)
Relationship with the father
Dating/engaged before pregnancy 100.0 95.7 97.4
Only steady relationship ever 63.5 39.1 53.9
Living together at time of interview 51.9 8.7 23.1
Think marriage is "very likely" in next 63.0 34.8 50.0
few years
Reasons for first sex with the father
Planned to marry him 74.1 47.8 56.4
Wanted baby 57.4 6.5 17.9
Father's background characteristics
Employed ...
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