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Percentage of respondents, by selected measures related to reactions and communication about the pregnancy, according to age, race/ethnicity and county of residence.(teenage pregnancy and birth)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)

Teenagers' Pregnancy Intentions and Decisions: A Study of Young Women in California Choosing to Give Birth

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Appendix Table 4. 
 
Percentage of respondents, by selected measures related to reactions and 
communication about the pregnancy, according to age, race/ethnicity and 
county of residence. UNWEIGHTED. 
 
Respondent's reaction 
 
                                    State-  Unweighted  Age 
                                  weighted       Total   15-16 
                                     Total 
Measure                            (N=187)     (N=187)  (N=90) 
 
Positive only                         27.4        27.8    25.6 
Negative only                         41.8        43.9    46.7 
Mixed                                 23.9        20.3    17.8 
Neutral                                6.6         7.0     7.8 
Told someone that day                 76.8        79.1    78.9 
First person told 
Baby's father                         42.4        42.8    43.3 
Mother                                16.8        19.3    21.1 
Girlfriend                            16.2        16.0    12.2 
Other                                 24.6        21.9    23.3 
 
                                  Age         Race/ethnicity (*) 
                                   17-18      Hispanic    Hispanic 
                                             U.S.-born     Foreign 
Measure                           (N=97)        (N=66)      (N=54) 
 
Positive only                       29.9          25.8        48.1 
Negative only                       41.2          50.0        24.1 
Mixed                               22.7          22.7        20.4 
Neutral                              6.2           1.5         7.4 
Told someone that day               79.4          80.3        72.2 
First person told 
Baby's father                       42.3          39.4        53.7 
Mother                              17.5          19.7        13.0 
Girlfriend                          19.6          16.7        18.5 
Other                               20.6          24.2        14.8 
 
                                  Race/ethni  County 
                                  city (*) 
                                   Black     Alameda   Santa       Santa 
                                                       Clara    Monterey 
Measure                           (N=46)      (N=78)  (N=53)      (N=56) 
 
Positive only                       15.2        26.9    22.6        33.9 
Negative only                       52.2        46.2    50.9        33.9 
Mixed                               15.2        12.8    24.5        26.8 
Neutral                             13.0        11.5     1.9         5.4 
Told someone that day               89.1        80.8    84.9        71.4 
First person told 
Baby's father                       34.8        39.7    41.5        48.2 
Mother                              28.3        20.5    24.5        12.5 
Girlfriend                          15.2        15.4    13.2        19.6 
Other                               21.7        24.4    20.8        19.6 
 
Baby's father's reaction 
 
                                    State-  Unweighted  Age 
                                  weighted       Total   15-16 
                                     Total 
Measure                            (N=187)     (N=187)  (N=90) 
 
Very happy initially                  66.5        67.6    67.4 
Very happy now                        81.3        84.7    85.2 
 
                                  Age         Race/ethnicity (*) 
                                   17-18      Hispanic    Hispanic 
                                             U.S.-born     Foreign 
Measure                           (N=97)        (N=66)      (N=54) 
 
Very happy initially                67.7          64.1        82.0 
Very happy now                      84.3          85.5       100.0 
 
                                  Race/ethni  County 
                                  city (*) 
                                   Black     Alameda   Santa       Santa 
                                                       Clara    Monterey 
Measure                           (N=46)      (N=78)  (N=53)      (N=56) 
 
Very happy initially                64.4        69.3    56.9        75.5 
Very happy now                      81.8        83.8    79.6        91.5 
 
Support from baby's father 
 
                                    State-  Unweighted  Age 
                                  weighted       Total   15-16 
                                     Total 
Measure                            (N=187)     (N=187)  (N=90) 
 
Father has come to                    54.3        52.2    54.0 
prenatal care visits 
Expected father to be                 80.4        80.4    80.0 
at delivery 
 
                                  Age         Race/ethnicity (*) 
                                   17-18      Hispanic    Hispanic 
                                             U.S.-born     Foreign 
Measure                           (N=97)        (N=66)      (N=54) 
 
Father has come to                  50.5          50.8        64.0 
prenatal care visits 
Expected father to be               80.9          84.4        90.0 
at delivery 
 
                                  Race/ethni  County 
                                  city (*) 
                                   Black     Alameda   Santa       Santa 
                                                       Clara    Monterey 
Measure                           (N=46)      (N=78)  (N=53)      (N=56) 
 
Father has come to                  41.3        43.4    58.5        58.5 
prenatal care visits 
Expected father to be               71.1        77.3  ...
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