Adjusted odds ratios (OR) and relative risk ratios (RRR) for the association between dimensions of reproductive attitudes and reproductive knowledge and contraceptive use and method effectiveness
| . | Any Contraceptive Use . | Method Effectiveness . | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Add Health . | RDSL . | Add Health . | RDSL . | |||
| . | . | No Method vs. Effective . | Least Effective vs. Effective . | No Method vs. Effective . | Least Effective vs. Effective . | |
| OR . | OR . | RRR . | RRR . | RRR . | RRR . | |
| Model A: Reproductive Attitudes | ||||||
| Feelings toward pregnancy | 0.93 | 2.22* | 0.97 | 1.02 | 0.42* | 1.01 |
| Birth control attitudes | 1.16*** | 1.33* | 0.79*** | 0.95 | 0.55*** | 0.54*** |
| Life course consequences | 1.32*** | 1.06 | 0.84† | 0.93 | 0.96 | 0.89 |
| Advantages of early pregnancy | –– | 0.85 | –– | –– | 1.26 | 1.13 |
| Disadvantages of delayed pregnancy | –– | 0.89 | –– | –– | 1.23 | 1.21 |
| Model B: Reproductive Knowledge | ||||||
| Female reproductive biology knowledge | 1.09 | 0.92 | 0.70*** | 0.94 | 0.68 | 0.38*** |
| Condom knowledge | 1.19* | 1.32 | 0.90 | 1.02 | 1.04 | 1.94* |
| Birth control confidence | 0.90† | –– | 1.00 | 0.84** | –– | –– |
| . | Any Contraceptive Use . | Method Effectiveness . | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Add Health . | RDSL . | Add Health . | RDSL . | |||
| . | . | No Method vs. Effective . | Least Effective vs. Effective . | No Method vs. Effective . | Least Effective vs. Effective . | |
| OR . | OR . | RRR . | RRR . | RRR . | RRR . | |
| Model A: Reproductive Attitudes | ||||||
| Feelings toward pregnancy | 0.93 | 2.22* | 0.97 | 1.02 | 0.42* | 1.01 |
| Birth control attitudes | 1.16*** | 1.33* | 0.79*** | 0.95 | 0.55*** | 0.54*** |
| Life course consequences | 1.32*** | 1.06 | 0.84† | 0.93 | 0.96 | 0.89 |
| Advantages of early pregnancy | –– | 0.85 | –– | –– | 1.26 | 1.13 |
| Disadvantages of delayed pregnancy | –– | 0.89 | –– | –– | 1.23 | 1.21 |
| Model B: Reproductive Knowledge | ||||||
| Female reproductive biology knowledge | 1.09 | 0.92 | 0.70*** | 0.94 | 0.68 | 0.38*** |
| Condom knowledge | 1.19* | 1.32 | 0.90 | 1.02 | 1.04 | 1.94* |
| Birth control confidence | 0.90† | –– | 1.00 | 0.84** | –– | –– |
Notes: Associations between attitudes and knowledge are modeled separately. All models control for age, gender (Add Health), race/ethnicity, maternal education, and family structure in addition to the dimensions of reproductive attitudes or reproductive knowledge.
†p < .10; *p < .05; **p < .01; ***p < .001