. 2009 Mar 10;2:47–58. doi: 10.2147/prbm.s4910

Table 3.

Gender-level reporting, couple agreement, and partner perceptions regarding pregnancy-related issues and reproductive desires (N = 779 couples)

	Women %	Men %	Couple agree+ %	Couple agree− %	Total % couple agree (CP+, CP−)	Kappa	n
The preferred timing for the last pregnancy would have been ...							776
At that time	48	74	39	17	56 (63, 43)	0.13 ^***
Later	10	9	0	83	83 (9, 91)	0.01
Earlier	18	<1	0	81	81 (0, 90)	−0.01
Not at all	25	15	7	67	74 (33, 83)	0.18 ^***
Contraceptive used at last pregnancy	6	35	3	61	64 (14, 77)	0.03	770
Husband happy about last pregnancy^a	78	89	73	6	79 (87, 34)	0.23 ^***	648
Wife happy about last pregnancy^a	87	88	80	5	85 (91, 38)	0.29 ^***	606
Desire for more children							768
0 children	65	62	49	22	71 (78, 61)	0.30 ^***
1 child	17	21	6
2 children	16	14	6
More than 2 children	2	3	0
Wife’s desire for more children^a							703
0 children	67	62	52	23	75 (80, 64)	0.44 ^***
1 child	17	23	8
2 children	14	12	5
More than 2 children	2	3	0
Husband’s desire for more children^a							657
0 children	63	64	52	25	77 (82, 68)	0.49 ^***
1 child	21	17	7
2 children	14	15	7
More than 2 children	3	3	1
Preferred timing for next pregnancy							739
Already pregnant	11	9	6	86	92 (61, 96)	0.56 ^***
As soon as possible	6	5	2	91	93 (30, 96)	0.26 ^***
Next year	2	6	1	93	94 (14, 97)	0.11 ^**
In two years	3	4	1	94	95 (20, 97)	0.18 ^***
In more than two years	19	18	9	72	81 (47, 88)	0.35 ^***
No more pregnancies	60	58	46	27	73 (77, 67)	0.44 ^***
Using method to delay pregnancy	65	85	60	10	70 (80, 39)	0 23 ^***	663
If method is used, what method							395
Practicing abstinence	15	30	10	64	74 (43, 83)	0.28 ^***
Using pills	17	12	10	81	91 (66, 94)	0.61 ^***
Using condoms	33	34	26	58	84 (76, 88)	0.64 ^***
Using injections	16	11	8	80	88 (57, 93)	0.50 ^***

P-value key:

< 0.05;

^**

< 0.01;

^***

< 0.0001.

CP+ = positive conditional probability index; CP− = negative conditional probability index.

Kappa key: low = 0.0 to 0.39; fair = 0.40 to 0.74; excellent = 0.75 and greater.

Includes partner perceptions: results are of the partner's perception of the spouse’s behavior versus the spouse's self-report.