Baseline characteristics of sample and distribution by study group (N=791)
| Characteristic | Near-Limit Abortion group (n=371) (ref.) (%) | Parenting-Turnaways (n=144) (%) | First-Trimesters (n=235) (%) | Non-Parenting-Turnaways (n=41) (%) | Total (n=791) (%) |
| Age category (years) | |||||
| 15–19 (ref.) | 17.5 | 29.8 | 14.9 | 23.9 | 19.4 |
| 20–24 | 38.5 | 35.4* | 28.5 | 41.3 | 35.2 |
| 25–34 | 36.1 | 31.3* | 47.7 | 28.3* | 38.2 |
| 35–46 | 7.8 | 3.5* | 8.9 | 6.5 | 7.3 |
| Race | |||||
| Non-Hispanic white (ref.) | 33.6 | 26.2 | 38.9 | 37.0 | 34.1 |
| Non-Hispanic black | 31.2 | 34.0 | 31.6 | 30.4 | 31.8 |
| Latina | 21.0 | 25.5 | 20.5 | 13.0 | 21.2 |
| Multiracial/other | 14.2 | 14.2 | 9.0* | 19.6 | 13.0 |
| Educational attainment | |||||
| Less than high school (ref.) | 16.4 | 21.5 | 15.7 | 22.0 | 17.5 |
| High school, GED, or some college | 77.1 | 72.9 | 72.8 | 70.7 | 74.7 |
| College degree | 6.5 | 5.6 | 11.5 | 7.3 | 7.8 |
| Marital status | |||||
| Not married (ref.) | 93.0 | 91.7 | 88.5 | 95.7 | 91.6 |
| Married | 7.0 | 8.3 | 11.5 | 4.4 | 8.4 |
| Employment | |||||
| Not in school or employed (ref.) | 24.8 | 33.3 | 15.8 | 21.7 | 23.4 |
| In school, employed, or homemaker | 75.2 | 66.7 | 84.2* | 78.3 | 76.5 |
| Children (n) | |||||
| 0 | 29.7 | 44.8** | 37.2* | 36.5 | 35.1 |
| 1 | 33.6 | 23.2* | 25.6 | 34.2 | 29.4 |
| 2+ (ref.) | 36.7 | 32.0 | 37.2 | 29.3 | 35.6 |
| History of child sexual abuse or neglect | |||||
| No (ref.) | 74.4 | 72.2 | 73.2 | 86.9 | 74.4 |
| Yes | 25.6 | 27.8 | 26.8 | 13.0 | 25.6 |
| History of diagnosed anxiety or depression | |||||
| No (ref.) | 75.7 | 77.8 | 70.6 | 71.7 | 74.4 |
| Yes | 24.3 | 22.2 | 29.4 | 28.3 | 25.6 |
| Gestational age at baseline (weeks) | |||||
| 3–13 (ref.) | 14.8 | 0.7 | 99.6 | 2.4 | 36.8 |
| 14–19 | 20.2 | 15.3* | 0.4*** | 58.5*** | 15.4 |
| 20+ | 65.0 | 84.0** | 0.0*** | 39.0 | 47.8 |
*p<0.05, ** p<0.01, *** p<0.001 compared with the Near-Limit abortion group.
GED, General Educational Development; ref., reference group.