Risk Factors

A Comparison of the Risk Characteristics of Ever-Pregnant and Never Pregnant Sexually-Active Adolescents

Source: Journal of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Education for Adolescents and Children, Vol. 5, No. ½ (2002)

Description: This article describes the risk behaviors of a sample of sexually active, urban African-American adolescent females, and examines the differences between adolescents who have been pregnant (ever-pregnant) and adolescents who have not been pregnant (never-pregnant).

Key Statistics:

Adolescents who had previously been pregnant were 2.2 times more likely to have had sex with more than one sexual partner in the last six months than never-pregnant adolescents.
Adolescents who had been pregnant were 2.1 times more likely to have not used a condom during last sexual
intercourse, and 2.8 times more likely to report that they did not use condoms every time they had sex.
There was no significant difference in the levels of drug use for ever-pregnant and never-pregnant adolescents.

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