Abstract
Purpose: Underlying the relatively high rates of adolescent pregnancy in the US is a complex interplay of factors, some of which may exert differential influence depending on the developmental stage of adolescence. Specifically, factors related to social disadvantage may exert a greater influence early in adolescence and less so later in adolescence as the capacity to form healthy romantic relationships increases. Such differences may have important implications for pregnancy prevention strategies. Using age as a proxy for developmental level and race/ethnicity and maternal education level as markers of social disadvantage, we sought to determine whether disparities in rates of adolescent conception vary across stages of adolescence. We hypothesized that as age increases during adolescence, racial/ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in rates of teen conception decrease.
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