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.