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Using panel data to examine pregnancy attitudes over time

Table 2. The bivariate associations between the explanatory variables and trying (%)
Trying to become pregnant Never trying Consistently trying Started trying Stopped trying Total N
TOTAL 90 4 4 2 100 3,000
UNION STATUS p = 0.001
No change 89 5 4 2 100 2,466
Stronger union 93 1 5 1 100 280
Union dissolution 91 2 3 4 100 254
EMPLOYMENT p = 0.044
Full time 91 4 3 2 100 348
Part time 87 5 5 3 100 775
Not working 94 2 2 2 100 380
Less work 89 5 4 2 100 1,005
More work 91 4 4 1 100 481
AGE AT BASELINE p = 0.010
18–24 93 2 3 2 100 802
25–29 89 4 5 2 100 1,021
30–34 87 6 4 3 100 630
35–39 89 5 4 2 100 547
EDUCATION AT BASELINE p = 0.004
Less than high school 87 6 4 3 100 143
High school 85 5 5 4 100 401
Some college 90 4 4 3 100 1,090
College degree 91 4 4 1 100 1,366
PARITY (Wave II) p = 0.001
0 90 5 3 1 100 1,593
1 85 6 5 4 100 581
2 91 2 4 2 100 526
3 or more 92 2 5 1 100 300
YOUNGEST CHILD IN HH p = 0.001
No children in hh 90 5 4 2 100 1,540
Infant (0–12 months) 92 2 5 1 100 425
Toddler (1–3 yrs) 86 6 6 2 100 569
Kid (4–12 yrs) 89 3 3 4 100 348
Teen (13–19 yrs) 94 3 2 1 100 118
RACE/ETHNICITY p = 0.029
White 90 4 4 2 100 1,953
Black 88 3 5 4 100 267
Other, Non-Hispanic 91 3 4 2 100 252
Hispanic 89 7 4 1 100 528

cohabiting transitioned to weaker pregnancy avoidance more often (12 percent) than
women who experienced a union dissolution (7 percent). Although women working
part-time were most likely to transition in either direction when it came to trying, the same
group was the least likely to report a change in pregnancy avoidance. Women in their late
20s and early 30s experienced changes in pregnancy avoidance more often than others
confirming that when it comes to pregnancy attitudes, adult women experience more

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