TABLE 1.

Participant characteristics and pregnancy intention

Characteristic	Overall Sample	By Pregnancy Intention
	(n=688)	Unintendedǂ (n=247)	Intended (n=433)
Mean Age (years)	29.4	26.8	30.9
Mean Gestational Age at 1st interview (days)	138	138	137
Mean Income as % of federal poverty level*	423	316	483
% with income <300% poverty level*	31	51	19
% White	79	68	86
% Black	15	26	9
% Hispanic	5	5	4
% Not married	20	38	9
% Education >high school	82	70	90
% Primigravid	32	29	33
% Nulliparous	49	42	54
% Prior spontaneous abortion	28	24	30
% Prior induced abortion	18	19	16
% Fetal death in study pregnancy	1	0.4	0.7
% Preterm birth in study pregnancy	13	15	11

^ǂUnintended combines mistimed (n=207) and unwanted (n=40) pregnancies

^*Income reported at enrollment. Relation to poverty level calculated from income and reported household size