title: An ecological analysis of pregnancy resolution decisions among African American and Hispanic adolescent females.
abstract: Using data from the 1988 National Family Growth Cycle, IV, this study sought to identify specific individual, family, sociocultural, and social structure factors that influence pregnancy resolution decisions of first conception among African American and Hispanic adolescents aged 15 to 21 years. A hierarchical discriminant function analysis was used to determine the extent to which selected variables could distinguish those who terminated their first pregnancy from those who decided to carry their first pregnancies to full term. Three individual factors (age at conception, contraceptive behavior pattern, degree of self-disclosure about the pregnancy), two family-level variables (family sexuality socialization, family income), and each of the selected social structure (access to sexual health care facilities) and sociocultural factors (religious affiliation and church attendance) were found to discriminate between the two groups. However, the discriminating power of these variables differed depending on race/ethnicity.
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Murry
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D011247:Pregnancy; D000367:Age Factors; D000569:Americas; D001519:Behavior; D001741:Black or African American; D003469:Culture; D003657:Decision Making; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D005006:Ethnicity; D005298:Fertility; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D009656:North America; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011253:Pregnancy in Adolescence; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011584:Psychology; D012067:Religion; D012098:Reproduction; D012106:Research; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D014481:United States; D006801:Humans; D005260:Female
keywords: Adolescent Pregnancy; Adolescents; Adolescents, Female; Age Factors; Americas; Behavior; Blacks--women; Correlation Studies; Cultural Background; Decision Making; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Economic Factors; Ethnic Groups; Fertility; Hispanics--women; North America; Northern America; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Outcomes--determinants; Psychosocial Factors; Religion; Reproduction; Reproductive Behavior; Research Methodology; Socioeconomic Factors; Statistical Studies; Studies; United States; Youth