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Table 2 Distribution of ever pregnant women by whether she had a birth/pregnancy since 2009 and the intentionality of the last/current pregnancy by socio-demographic characteristics among women from six urban sites in Senegal, 2011

From: Unintended pregnancy: magnitude and correlates in six urban sites in Senegal

 

Experience of birth/pregnancy since 2009 and intentionality

Total

 

No pregnancy/birth since 2009

Intentional pregnancy/birth

Unintentional pregnancy/birth

 

N (Unweighted)

2,829

2,029

809

5,769

Percent

49.9

35.8

14.3

100.0

Urban site

    

  Dakar

54.9

33.6

11.6

100.0

  Guédiawaye

55.6

29.2

15.3

100.0

  Pikine

43.7

36.3

20.0

100.0

  Mbao

44.7

40.7

14.6

100.0

  Mbour

43.3

39.5

17.2

100.0

  Kaolack

46.4

38.4

15.2

100.0

Age group

    

  < 25

24.9

50.4

24.7

100.0

  25 - 34

39.1

46.1

14.8

100.0

  35 - 39

58.3

28.3

13.4

100.0

  40+

83.9

10.9

5.2

100.0

Wealth group

    

  Poor

44.9

35.0

20.1

100.0

  Medium

49.6

38.3

12.0

100.0

  Rich

55.9

34.0

10.1

100.0

Level of education

    

  None

50.4

35.5

14.1

100.0

  Primary

48.6

35.3

16.1

100.0

  Secondary or higher

51.3

37.1

11.6

100.0

Religion

    

  Muslim

48.9

36.3

14.8

100.0

  Christian and other

60.5

30.6

9.0

100.0

Marital status

    

  Not married or in union

76.7

10.6

12.7

100.0

  Married or in union

44.4

41.0

14.6

100.0

Type of marriage a

    

  Monogamous

39.8

44.5

15.8

100.0

  Polygynous

55.3

32.8

11.9

100.0

Worked in the last 12 months

    

  Did not work

49.9

36.1

14.0

100.0

  Worked

49.8

34.1

16.1

100.0

Who decides about money

    

  Husband alone/someone else

46.8

37.3

15.9

100.0

  Wife/husband and wife jointly

54.2

33.7

12.1

100.0

Number of living children

    

  <2

48.4

40.4

11.1

100.0

  2

45.5

41.0

13.5

100.0

  3

43.6

39.3

17.1

100.0

  4+

57.0

26.5

16.5

100.0

Ever use of a modern method

    

  Ever used

52.2

32.5

15.3

100.0

  Never used

46.7

41.2

12.1

100.0

Discussion of family planning with spouse a

   

  Ever discussed

41.4

41.7

16.9

100.0

  Never discussed

48.7

39.9

11.4

100.0

Decision making on number of children a

   

  Wife/husband and wife jointly

44.8

41.1

14.1

100.0

  Husband alone/someone else

44.6

40.0

15.4

100.0

  1. a: Among women in union.