Pregnancy desire among disadvantaged African American adolescent females.
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.
Davies
Susan L
SL
Department of Health Behavior, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA. sdavies@uab.edu
DiClemente
Ralph J
RJ
Wingood
Gina M
GM
Harrington
Kathleen F
KF
Crosby
Richard A
RA
Sionean
Catlainn
C
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*