title: Pregnancy desire among disadvantaged African American adolescent females.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Behavior, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA. sdavies@uab.edu
authors.forename: Susan L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Davies
authors.forename: Ralph J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: DiClemente
authors.forename: Gina M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Wingood
authors.forename: Kathleen F
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Harrington
authors.forename: Richard A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Crosby
authors.forename: Catlainn
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sionean
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D000407:Alabama; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D033182:Intention; D016015:Logistic Models; D016017:Odds Ratio; D011247:Pregnancy; D011253:Pregnancy in Adolescence / Q000208:ethnology*; D015995:Prevalence; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D035862:Vulnerable Populations / Q000523:psychology*