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Percentage of respondents by selected questionnaire items, according to pregnancy intention at conception, 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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Apendix Table 7. 
 
Percentage of respondents by selected questionnaire items, according to 
pregnancy intention at conception, age, race/ethicity and county of 
residence. Unweighted. 
 
A. School and Work: Experiences and Expectations 
 
                                   State              Pregnancy 
                                                      intention 
                                weighted  Unweighted     Intended 
Questionnaire item                 total       total    pregnancy 
 
N                                  187         187           48 
A1.  Currently in school            49.0        54.0         45.8 
     Not in school                  51.0        46.0         54.2 
 
                                Pregnancy intention     Age 
                                   Did not  Did not 
Questionnaire item                    care   intend   15-16     17-18 
 
N                                     54       85      90        97 
A1.  Currently in school              51.9     60.0    57.8      50.5 
     Not in school                    48.1     40.0    42.2      49.5 
 
                                Race/ethnicity (*) 
                                 Hispanic     Hispanic 
Questionnaire item              U.S. born      Foreign  Black 
 
N                                    66           54     46 
A1.  Currently in school             54.5         40.7   69.6 
     Not in school                   45.5         59.3   30.4 
 
                                County 
                                          Santa     Santa Cruz 
Questionnaire item               Alameda  Clara       Monterey 
 
N                                   78     53             56 
A1.  Currently in school            60.3   54.7           44.6 
     Not in school                  39.7   45.3           55.4 
 
A2a. Quit school: 
 
                                   State              Pregnancy 
                                                      intention 
                                weighted  Unweighted     Intended 
Questionnaire item                 total       total    pregnancy 
 
      less than 6 months ago        13.3        15.3         11.5 
      6-11 months ago               37.9        37.6         23.1 
      1-2 years ago                 29.3        27.1         30.8 
      more than 2 years ago         19.4        20.0         34.6 
      Mean months since quit        16.4        16.3         22.2 
      school 
 
                                Pregnancy intention     Age 
                                   Did not  Did not 
Questionnaire item                    care   intend   15-16     17-18 
 
      less than 6 months ago          16.0     17.6    21.6      10.4 
      6-11 months ago                 32.0     52.9    51.4      27.1 
      1-2 years ago                   32.0     20.6    16.2      35.4 
      more than 2 years ago           20.0      8.8    10.8      27.1 
      Mean months since quit          17.4     11.2    10.5      20.9 
      school 
 
                                Race/ethnicity (*) 
                                 Hispanic     Hispanic 
Questionnaire item              U.S. born      Foreign  Black 
 
      less than 6 months ago         23.3          9.7    7.1 
      6-11 months ago                43.3         22.6   57.1 
      1-2 years ago                  26.7         29.0   28.6 
      more than 2 years ago           6.7         38.7    7.1 
      Mean months since quit         10.7         25.2   11.5 
      school 
 
                                County 
                                          Santa     Santa Cruz 
Questionnaire item               Alameda  Clara       Monterey 
 
      less than 6 months ago         9.7   16.7           20.0 
      6-11 months ago               48.4   41.7           23.3 
      1-2 years ago                 25.8   33.3           23.3 
      more than 2 years ago         16.1    8.3           33.3 
      Mean months since quit        14.1   10.8           23.1 
      school 
 
A2b. Quit school because of: 
 
                                   State              Pregnancy 
                                                      intention 
                                weighted  Unweighted     Intended 
Questionnaire item                 total       total    pregnancy 
 
      personal/family problems      21.1        16.3         11.5 
      problems with school          31.6        31.4         26.9 
      financial/work reasons        23.3        18.6         26.9 
      pregnancy reasons             11.9        12.8          3.8 
      respondent moved              26.8        30.2         42.3 
      school not available/         10.7        12.8         15.4 
      safe 
 
                                Pregnancy intention     Age 
                                   Did not  Did not 
Questionnaire item                    care   intend   15-16     17-18 
 
      personal/family problems        11.5     23.5    15.8      16.7 
      problems with school            53.8     17.6    26.3      35.4 
      financial/work reasons          15.4     14.7     5.3      29.2 
      pregnancy reasons                7.7     23.5    18.4       8.3 
      respondent moved                23.1     26.5    28.9      31.3 
      school not available/            7.7     14.7    15.8      10.4 
      safe 
 
                                Race/ethnicity (*) 
                                 Hispanic     Hispanic 
Questionnaire item              U.S. born      Foreign  Black 
 
      personal/family problems       16.7          3.1   28.6 
      problems with school           36.7         25.0   42.9 
      financial/work reasons          6.7         28.1   14.3 
      pregnancy reasons              20.0          9.4    7.1 
      respondent moved               33.3         31.3   28.6 
      school not available/           6.7         25.0    7.1 
      safe 
 
                                County 
                                          Santa     Santa Cruz 
Questionnaire item               Alameda  Clara       Monterey 
 
      personal/family problems       9.7   33.3            9.7 
      problems with school          32.3   29.2           32.3 
      financial/work reasons        16.1   12.5           25.8 
      pregnancy reasons              9.7   20.8            9.7 
      respondent moved              25.8   33.3           32.3 
      school not available/         16.1    0.0           19.4 
      safe 
 
A4.  Extracurricular 
      activities: 
 
                                   State              Pregnancy 
                                                      intention 
                                weighted  Unweighted     Intended 
Questionnaire item                 total       total    pregnancy 
 
      Community youth org.           7.7         7.0          8.3 
      Sports, cheerleading,         24.1        25.7         16.7 
      gym. 
      Music, dance, theater,        27.9        32.1         27.1 
      art 
      Church youth groups           24.6        25.7         25.0 
      Hobby clubs                   16.6        16.6         10.4 
      Student government clubs       9.2        10.7          6.3 
      No involvement                41.7        36.4         45.8 
      Mean total number of           1.2         1.3          0.9 
      activities 
 
                                Pregnancy intention     Age 
                                   Did not  Did not 
Questionnaire item                    care   intend   15-16     17-18 
 
      Community youth org.             3.7      8.2     3.3      10.3 
      Sports, cheerleading,           31.5     27.1    23.3      27.8 
      gym. 
      Music, dance, theater,          25.9     38.8    35.6      28.9 
      art 
      Church youth groups             24.1     27.1    25.6      25.8 
      Hobby clubs                     18.5     18.8    14.4      18.6 
      Student government clubs         7.4     15.3    10.0      11.3 
      No involvement                  38.9     29.4    36.7      36.1 
      Mean total number of             1.2      1.6     1.2       1.3 
      activities 
 
                                Race/ethnicity (*) 
                                 Hispanic     Hispanic 
Questionnaire item              U.S. born      Foreign  Black 
 
      Community youth org.            1.5         11.1    8.7 
      Sports, cheerleading,          21.2         29.6   30.4 
      gym. 
      Music, dance, theater,         19.7         25.9   56.5 
      art 
      Church youth groups            25.8         16.7   34.8 
      Hobby clubs                    18.2         13.0   17,4 
      Student government clubs        4.5          5.6   21.7 
      No involvement                 39.4         51.9   13.0 
      Mean total number of            1.0          1.0    2.0 
      activities 
 
                                County 
                                          Santa     Santa Cruz 
Questionnaire item               Alameda  Clara       Monterey 
 
      Community youth org.           9.0    3.8            7.1 
      Sports, cheerleading,         30.8   18.9           25.0 
      gym. 
      Music, dance, theater,        39.7   17.0           35.7 
      art 
      Church youth groups           23.1   32.1           23.2 
      Hobby clubs                   14.1   15.1           21.4 
      Student government clubs      15.4    7.5            7.1 
      No involvement                28.2   41.5           42.9 
      Mean total number of           1.5    1.0            1.3 
      activities 
 
A5.  Interest in school: 
 
                                   State              Pregnancy 
                                                      intention 
                                weighted  Unweighted     Intended 
Questionnaire item                 total       total    pregnancy 
 
     very interested                22.7        24.1         31.3 
      somewhat interested           67.4        67.4         62.5 
      not at all interested          9.9         8.6          6.3 
 
                                Pregnancy intention     Age 
                                   Did not  Did not 
Questionnaire item                    care   intend   15-16     17-18 
 
     very interested                  18.5     23.5    23.3      24.7 
      somewhat interested             68.5     69.4    66.7      68.0 
      not at all interested           13.0      7.1    10.0       7.2 
 
                                Race/ethnicity (*) 
                                 Hispanic     Hispanic 
Questionnaire item              U.S. born      Foreign  Black 
 
     very interested                 18.2         31.5   28.3 
      somewhat interested            66.7         64.8   65.2 
      not at all interested          15.2          3.7    6.5 
 
                                County 
                                          Santa     Santa Cruz 
Questionnaire item               Alameda  Clara       Monterey 
 
     very interested                32.1   17.0           19.6 
      somewhat interested           60.3   73.6           71.4 
      not at all interested          7.7    9.4            8.9 
 
A6.  School performance: 
 
                                   State              Pregnancy 
                                                      intention 
                                weighted  Unweighted     Intended 
Questionnaire item                 total       total    pregnancy 
 
      better than most              11.0        12.4          8.3 
      about the same                74.5        73.1         81.3 
      worse than most               14.4        14.5         10.4 
A7.  Expect to go back to           92.2        92.4         80.4 
     school 
A9.  Desire college if              71.2        71.7         63.0 
     nothing in way 
A10. Expect college now             44.7        43.2         37.0 
      % difference desire/          26.5        28.5         26.0 
      expectations 
A11.   Employment in past year      69.5        63.1         58.3 
        Full-time                   28.1        33.3         33.3 
        Part-time                   58.5        52.6         37.0 
A12a.  Currently employed           31.1        22.9         10.7 
 
                                Pregnancy intention     Age 
                                   Did not  Did not 
Questionnaire item                    care   intend   15-16     17-18 
 
      better than most                 7.4     17.9    12.2      12.5 
      about the same                  74.1     67.9    65.6      80.2 
      worse than most                 18.5     14.3    22.2       7.3 
A7.  Expect to go back to             94.4     97.6    96.7      88.4 
     school 
A9.  Desire college if                64.2     81.2    76.7      67.0 
     nothing in way 
A10. Expect college now               34.0     52.4    41.1       452 
      % difference desire/            30.2     28.8    35.6      21.8 
      expectations 
A11.   Employment in past year        57.4     69.4    51.1      74.2 
        Full-time                     45.2     26.8    22.7      40.0 
        Part-time                     48.4     62.5    54.5      51.4 
A12a.  Currently employed             19.4     30.5     6.5      33.3 
 
                                Race/ethnicity (*) 
                                 Hispanic     Hispanic 
Questionnaire item              U.S. born      Foreign  Black 
 
      better than most               10.6         18.5   10.9 
      about the same                 63.6         74.1   84.8 
      worse than most                25.8          7.4    4.3 
A7.  Expect to go back to            95.5         82.7   95.7 
     school 
A9.  Desire college if               66.7         62.7   80.4 
     nothing in way 
A10. Expect college now              30.3         34.0   60.9 
      % difference desire/           36.4         28.7   19.5 
      expectations 
A11.   Employment in past year       62.1         50.0   73.9 
        Full-time                    28.2         46.2   39.4 
        Part-time                    51.3         38.5   54.5 
A12a.  Currently employed            17.1         25.9   23.5 
 
                                County 
                                          Santa     Santa Cruz 
Questionnaire item               Alameda  Clara       Monterey 
 
      better than most              15.4    9.4           10.9 
      about the same                78.2   67.9           70.9 
      worse than most                6.4   22.6           18.2 
A7.  Expect to go back to           92.3   96.2           88.9 
     school 
A9.  Desire college if              76.6   73.6           63.0 
     nothing in way 
A10. Expect college now             52.6   37.7           35.2 
      % difference desire/          24.0   35.9           27.8 
      expectations 
A11.   Employment in past year      51.3   75.5           67.9 
        Full-time                   37.5   20.0           44.1 
        Part-time                   57.5   67.5           29.4 
A12a.  Currently employed           22.5   17.5           28.9 
 
A13.   After baby, plans to wo 
 
                                   State              Pregnancy 
                                                      intention 
                                weighted  Unweighted     Intended 
Questionnaire item                 total       total    pregnancy 
 
        as soon as baby is bor      24.8        23.2         27.1 
        after education/traini      29.4        32.4         16.7 
        when baby is older          37.4        36.2         50.0 
        no plans to work outsi       8.4         8.1          6.3 
 
                                Pregnancy intention     Age 
                                   Did not  Did not 
Questionnaire item                    care   intend   15-16     17-18 
 
        as soon as baby is bor        13.5     27.1    23.9      22.7 
        after education/traini        40.4     36.5    40.9      24.7 
        when baby is older            28.8     32.9    29.5      42.3 
        no plans to work outsi        17.3      3.5     5.7      10.3 
 
                                Race/ethnicity (*) 
                                 Hispanic     Hispanic 
Questionnaire item              U.S. born      Foreign  Black 
 
        as soon as baby is bor       29.2         17.0   23.9 
        after education/traini       41.5         18.9   34.8 
        when baby is older           26.2         45.3   37.0 
        no plans to work outsi        3.1         18.9    4.3 
 
                                County 
                                          Santa     Santa Cruz 
Questionnaire item               Alameda  Clara       Monterey 
 
        as soon as baby is bor      19.5   28.3           23.6 
        after education/traini      31.2   43.4           23.6 
        when baby is older          37.7   26.4           43.6 
        no plans to work outsi      11.7    1.9            9.1 
 
A15.   Life plans: 
 
                                   State              Pregnancy 
                                                      intention 
                                weighted  Unweighted     Intended 
Questionnaire item                 total       total    pregnancy 
 
        none                        24.4        24.6         41.7 
        less than college/unsp      25.8        22.5         27.1 
        college/professional d      29.6        31.6         16.7 
        unskilled/unspec.job         5.8         6.4          8.3 
        skilled job/military        18.2        15.0          8.3 
        college/+ job               26.0        26.2         14.6 
        marriage/family              6.1         4.8          4.2 
        other                        8.0         8.0         10.4 
 
                                Pregnancy intention     Age 
                                   Did not  Did not 
Questionnaire item                    care   intend   15-16     17-18 
 
        none                          20.4     17.6    27.8      21.6 
        less than college/unsp        29.6     15.3    18.9      25.8 
        college/professional d        35.2     37.6    31.1      32.0 
        unskilled/unspec.job           9.3      3.5     4.4       8.2 
        skilled job/military          13.0     20.0    14.4      15.5 
        college/+ job                 27.8     31.8    25.6      26.8 
        marriage/family                3.7      5.9     5.6       4.1 
        other                          9.3      5.9     7.8       8.2 
 
                                Race/ethnicity (*) 
                                 Hispanic     Hispanic 
Questionnaire item              U.S. born      Foreign  Black 
 
        none                         30.3         37.0    6.5 
        less than college/unsp       24.2         31.5   10.9 
        college/professional d       27.3         25.9   43.5 
        unskilled/unspec.job          4.5         13.0    4.3 
        skilled job/military         13.6          7.4   19.6 
        college/+ job                21.2         11.1   43.5 
        marriage/family               9.1          3.7    0.0 
        other                         7.6          9.3    6.5 
 
                                County 
                                          Santa     Santa Cruz 
Questionnaire item               Alameda  Clara       Monterey 
 
        none                        21.8   20.8           32.1 
        less than college/unsp      19.2   18.9           30.4 
        college/professional d      34.6   30.2           28.6 
        unskilled/unspec.job         5.1    0.0           14.3 
        skilled job/military        12.8   18.9           14.3 
        college/+ job               28.2   35.8           14.3 
        marriage/family              0.0    5.7           10.7 
        other                        5.1    3.8           16.1 
 
B. Relationship with Friends 
B1/B2. Number of close friends 
 
                                   State              Pregnancy 
                                                      intention 
                                weighted  Unweighted     Intended 
Questionnaire item                 total       total    pregnancy 
 
       None of either sex           10.4        10.2         22.9 
         no girlfriends             12.5        12.3         25.0 
         mp giufroemds              43.1        43.9         58.3 
        1 or 2 close friends        26.6        29.9         31.3 
        3 to 5 close friends        34.2        34.8         18.8 
        6 or more close friend      28.8        25.1         27.1 
 
                                Pregnancy intention     Age 
                                   Did not  Did not 
Questionnaire item                    care   intend   15-16     17-18 
 
       None of either sex              5.6      5.9     8.9      11.3 
         no girlfriends                7.4      8.2    11.1      13.4 
         mp giufroemds                44.4     35.3    45.6      42.3 
        1 or 2 close friends          35.2     25.9    33.3      26.8 
        3 to 5 close friends          33.3     44.7    30.0      39.2 
        6 or more close friend        25.9     23.5    27.8      22.7 
 
                                Race/ethnicity (*) 
                                 Hispanic     Hispanic 
Questionnaire item              U.S. born      Foreign  Black 
 
       None of either sex            12.1         14.8    4.3 
         no girlfriends              15.2         16.7    6.5 
         mp giufroemds               39.4         59.3   37.0 
        1 or 2 close friends         27.3         33.3   37.0 
        3 to 5 close friends         25.8         33.3   45.7 
        6 or more close friend       34.8         18.5   13.0 
 
                                County 
                                          Santa     Santa Cruz 
Questionnaire item               Alameda  Clara       Monterey 
 
       None of either sex            6.4    9.4           16.1 
         no girlfriends              9.0    9.4           19.6 
         mp giufroemds              47.4   43.4           39.3 
        1 or 2 close friends        35.9   28.3           23.2 
        3 to 5 close friends        42.3   41.5           17.9 
        6 or more close friend      15.4   20.8           42.9 
 
       For those with girl/guy 
 
                                   State              Pregnancy 
                                                      intention 
                                weighted  Unweighted     Intended 
Questionnaire item                 total       total    pregnancy 
 
B3.    All girlfriends current      49.2        55.5         58.3 
B4.    All guyfriends currentl      47.3        51.4         40.0 
B5.    Any girlfriends expecti      34.6        32.9         41.7 
B6.    Any girlfriends have ba      36.9        41.0         30.6 
B7c.   Friend's life mostly be      32.8        32.8         27.3 
       baby 
B8.    Any guyfriends with chi      36.0        34.7         15.0 
 
                                Pregnancy intention     Age 
                                   Did not  Did not 
Questionnaire item                    care   intend   15-16     17-18 
 
B3.    All girlfriends current        52.0     56.4    61.3      50.0 
B4.    All guyfriends currentl        46.7     58.2    53.1      50.0 
B5.    Any girlfriends expecti        32.0     29.4    35.0      31.0 
B6.    Any girlfriends have ba        38.0     48.1    38.8      41.7 
B7c.   Friend's life mostly be        26.3     37.8    37.5      28.6 
       baby 
B8.    Any guyfriends with chi        36.7     40.7    35.4      34.0 
 
                                Race/ethnicity (*) 
                                 Hispanic     Hispanic 
Questionnaire item              U.S. born      Foreign  Black 
 
B3.    All girlfriends current       48.2         66.7   60.5 
B4.    All guyfriends currentl       47.5         68.2   48.3 
B5.    Any girlfriends expecti       32.1         28.8   34.9 
B6.    Any girlfriends have ba       46.5         28.8   46.4 
B7c.   Friend's life mostly be       34.6         23.1   30.0 
       baby 
B8.    Any guyfriends with chi       41.2          9.0   44.7 
 
                                County 
                                          Santa     Santa Cruz 
Questionnaire item               Alameda  Clara       Monterey 
 
B3.    All girlfriends current      53.5   50.0           64.4 
B4.    All guyfriends currentl      51.2   50.0           52.9 
B5.    Any girlfriends expecti      39.4   20.9     ...
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