TABLE 6. Logistic Regression of Abortions on Abortion Attitudes (ADQ), PCM, NCM, and Social and Economic Crisis Factors
Variable
|
Model 1 coefficient (SE)
|
Model 1 odds ratio
|
Model 2 coefficient (SE)
|
Model 2 odds ratio
|
|
| Childbearing and abortion attitudes |
|
|
|
|
| PCM |
–0.04* (0.02) |
0.96 |
0.06** (0.02) |
0.95 |
| NCM |
0.04 (0.03) |
1.04 |
0.04 (0.03) |
1.03 |
| Abortion attitudes (ADQ) |
–0.07** (0.02) |
0.93 |
–0.06** (0.02) |
0.94 |
| Welfare reform |
|
|
|
|
| Welfare experimental status (Experimental group = 1) |
|
|
–0.20 (0.243) |
0.82 |
| Other indicators of financial hardship |
|
|
|
|
| Employed (=1) |
|
|
0.49** (0.24) |
1.68 |
| Chronic or acute welfare recipient (acute = 1) |
|
|
–0.61** (0.24) |
0.54 |
| Household size |
|
|
–0.26** (–0.07) |
0.77 |
| Demographic characteristics |
|
|
|
|
| African American |
|
|
0.36 (0.37) |
1.43 |
| Hispanic |
|
|
0.12 (0.44) |
1.12 |
| Marital status (never married = 1) |
|
|
1.27** (0.30) |
3.58 |
| Age (in years) |
|
|
0.03 (0.02) |
1.03 |
| Education (in years) |
|
|
0.06 (0.07) (0.23) |
1.06 |
| Constant |
2.54 (0.70) |
|
0.92 (1.47) |
|
| Pseudo R2 |
0.05 |
|
0.15 |
|
Number of observations
|
405
|
|
390
|
|
|
Note. ADQ = Abortion Decision Questionnaire; PCM = positive childbearing motivations; NCM = negative childbearing motivations.
* Indicates statistically significant chi-square at .05 < p < .1.
** Indicates statistically significant chi-square at p < .05.