Research Article

Unintended Pregnancy and Abortion Access in the United States

Table 3

Regression coefficients of independent variables (absolute value of t-statistics in parentheses).

Independent variablesDependent variable
Unintended pregnancy rateUnintended pregnancy ratioUnwanted pregnancy rateUnwanted pregnancy ratio

NARAL.0031 (1.46).0033 (2.55)**−.0001 (.06).0010 (.50)
Labor force participation.0338 (10.1)**.0388 (16.6)**.0211 (4.27)**.0337 (9.07)**
Percent of College.0120 (1.32).0018 (.32).0167 (1.42).0051 (.57)
Percent of Single.0052 (.70).0103 (2.25)*.0178 (1.83).0111 (1.55)
Percent of Evangelical Christians.0003 (.15)−.0031 (2.02)*−.0018 (.55)−.0032 (1.31)
Percent of Catholic−.0032 (1.16)−.0047 (2.76)**−.0041 (1.13)−.0026 (.98)
Percent of Poverty.0590 (6.82)**.0519 (9.78)**.0489 (4.36)**.0290 (3.94)**
TANF.0010 (.55).0001 (.65)−.0001 (.13).0001 (.02)

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