Table 1

Descriptive statistics for analytic sample of person-weeks

VariableMean or PercentageSDMin.Max.
Pregnancy Scare Variables     
 Current pregnancy scare 2.4  
 Time since pregnancy scare     
  No scare/prior to scare 82.1    
  Scare in past 31 days 4.4    
  Scare in past 32–60 days 1.9    
  Scare in past 61+ days 11.7    
 Ever pregnancy scare 17.9    
 Pregnancy scare prior to relationship beginning
 
6.8  
Relationship-Level Variables     
 Relationship     
  Married or engaged 22.3    
  Cohabiting 17.2    
  Serious relationship 55.0    
  Casual relationship 5.6    
 Sex with partner (proportion of surveys in relationship)
 
.5 .4 
 No contraception used (proportion of surveys in relationship)
 
.1 .3 
 Ever pregnant with partner 12.2  
 Any children with partner 11.1  
 Partner's age 22.5 3.9 14.5 54.5 
 Relationship duration (weeks)
 
82.2 84.6 573 
Individual-Level Variables     
 Receive government aid 20.8  
 Age 20.3 1.0 18.1 22.8 
 Biological parents married 67.4  
 Non-Hispanic White 73.4  
 High school GPA (range, 0–4.0) 3.2 0.6 4.17 
 Currently enrolled in school 69.9  
 Number of prior pregnancies 0.4 0.9 10 
 Number of sexual partners 4.0 5.1 62 
Number of Observations (person-weeks): 28,975; Women: 934 
VariableMean or PercentageSDMin.Max.
Pregnancy Scare Variables     
 Current pregnancy scare 2.4  
 Time since pregnancy scare     
  No scare/prior to scare 82.1    
  Scare in past 31 days 4.4    
  Scare in past 32–60 days 1.9    
  Scare in past 61+ days 11.7    
 Ever pregnancy scare 17.9    
 Pregnancy scare prior to relationship beginning
 
6.8  
Relationship-Level Variables     
 Relationship     
  Married or engaged 22.3    
  Cohabiting 17.2    
  Serious relationship 55.0    
  Casual relationship 5.6    
 Sex with partner (proportion of surveys in relationship)
 
.5 .4 
 No contraception used (proportion of surveys in relationship)
 
.1 .3 
 Ever pregnant with partner 12.2  
 Any children with partner 11.1  
 Partner's age 22.5 3.9 14.5 54.5 
 Relationship duration (weeks)
 
82.2 84.6 573 
Individual-Level Variables     
 Receive government aid 20.8  
 Age 20.3 1.0 18.1 22.8 
 Biological parents married 67.4  
 Non-Hispanic White 73.4  
 High school GPA (range, 0–4.0) 3.2 0.6 4.17 
 Currently enrolled in school 69.9  
 Number of prior pregnancies 0.4 0.9 10 
 Number of sexual partners 4.0 5.1 62 
Number of Observations (person-weeks): 28,975; Women: 934 

Notes: Sample statistics are computed over overall observations and not specifically by each woman. This sample comprises women who are currently in their first relationship spell.

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