Table 1 Description of sample of women who have ever been pregnant or are currently pregnant at the time of the survey among women from six urban sites in Senegal, 2011

  Dakar

41.3

972

  Guédiawaye

10.1

714

  Pikine

12.1

705

  Mbao

22.4

670

  Mbour

6.7

1,305

  Kaolack

7.4

1,403

Age group

  < 25

19.3

1,171

  25 - 34

40.3

2,364

  35 - 39

17.7

948

  40+

22.7

1,286

Wealth group

  Poor

35.7

2,269

  Medium

33.1

2,041

  Rich

31.2

1,459

Level of education

  None

40.8

2,604

  Primary

37.0

2,101

  Secondary or higher

22.2

1,064

Religion

  Muslim

91.5

5,502

  Christian and other

8.5

267

Marital status

  Not married or in union

17.0

856

  Married or in union

83.0

4,913

Type of marriage ^a

  Monogamous

70.1

3,393

  Polygynous

29.9

1,520

Worked in the last 12 months

  Did not work

85.6

4,966

  Worked

14.4

803

Who decides about money

  Husband alone/someone else

57.9

3,331

  Wife/husband and wife jointly

42.1

2,438

Number of living children

  <2

31.7

1,657

  2

20.0

1,163

  3

15.4

922

  4+

32.9

2,027

Ever use of a modern method

  Ever used

60.3

3,301

  Never used

38.7

2,420

  Don’t know family planning

0.9

48

Discussion of family planning with spouse ^a

  Ever discussed

58.4

2,843

  Never discussed

41.6

2,070

Decision making on number of children ^a

  Wife/husband and wife jointly

56.8

2,738

  Husband alone/someone else

42.3

2,137

  Missing

1.0

38

N

100.0

5,769