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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Sep 15.
Published in final edited form as: Perspect Sex Reprod Health. 2009 Dec;41(4):238–243. doi: 10.1363/4123809

TABLE 2.

Percentage distribution of women, by pregnancy intention as categorized by a multi-item measure (pLMUP), according to responses to a single-item measure

Response to single-item measure pLMUP category

Not planning Ambivalent Planning Total
Trying to avoid pregnancy 76.1 22.5 1.4 100.0
Ambivalent about pregnancy 21.1 61.7 17.3 100.0
  Wouldn’t mind getting pregnant 6.8 57.6 35.6 100.0
  Wouldn’t mind avoiding pregnancy 43.8 56.3 0.0 100.0
  Don’t know 20.0 75.0 5.0 100.0
Trying to become pregnant 3.7 11.1 85.2 100.0

Composite measure, made up of the three responses below.

Notes: Percentages may not add to 100.0 because of rounding. pLMUP is the prospective London Measurement of Unplanned Pregnancy.