PERCEPTIONS OF PREGNANCY RISK - A COMPARISON BY CLASS AND RACE

Perceptions of pregnancy risk by class and race were examined in a sma ll sample of adolescent mothers. Findings from in-depth interviews ind icated differences by class, but not by race, in the degree to which t hese adolescents, prior to conception, maintained a ''personal fable ' ' about their invulnerability to becoming pregnant through unprotected sexual intercourse.