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Pregnancy desire among disadvantaged African American adolescent females
Susan L Davies1, Ralph J DiClemente, Gina M Wingood
1Department of Health Behavior, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA. sdavies@uab.edu
Objective:
To examine the prevalence and correlates of wanting to become pregnant among a sample of 462 sexually active nonpregnant African American adolescent females.
Methods:
Multivariate logistic regression was used to calculate adjusted odds ratios, their 95% confidence intervals, and respective P values.
Results:
Significant correlates with pregnancy desire included having a male partner who desired pregnancy, having a boyfriend at least 5 years older, having low self-esteem, perceiving greater perceived barriers to condom use, and perceiving low family support.
Conclusions:
Pregnancy prevention programs designed for economically disadvantaged African American adolescent females should address these correlates of their pregnancy desire.
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