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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Contraception. 2013 Dec 10;89(2):122–128. doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2013.10.011

Table 3.

Past 12 month unintended pregnancy (UIP) items among total sample (N=3539)


Total
% (n)
% (n) Among
Women
Exposed to
Recent
Reproductive
Coercion
(n=182)
% (n) Among
Women
Exposed to
Lifetime IPV
(n=1609)
Pregnancy timing
  Too soon (UIP) 8.8% (311) 15.9% (29) 12.1% (195)
  Right time / later than wanted or No pregnancy (No UIP) 91.2% (3228) 84.1% (153) 87.9% (1414)
Planned to get pregnant before recent pregnancy
  No (UIP) 11.0% (391) 17.0% (31) 14.5% (234)
  Yes, planned or No pregnancy (No UIP) 89.0% (3148) 83.0% (151) 85.5% (1375)
Wanted to have a baby with partner at this time (in month before most recent pregnancy)
  No (UIP) 7.1% (252) 13.2% (24) 9.8% (157)
  Yes, wanted or No pregnancy (No UIP) 92.9% (3287) 86.8% (158) 90.2% (1452)
Degree of wantedness of most recent pregnancya
  Did not want (UIP) 6.7% (237) 12.6% (23) 8.8% (142)
  Wanted or Neutral / No pregnancy (No UIP) 93.3% (3302) 87.4% (159) 91.2% (1467)
Degree that they were trying to get pregnanta
  Not trying to get pregnant (UIP) 10.3% (363) 17.0% (31) 13.4% (215)
  Trying to get pregnant or Neutral / No pregnancy (No UIP) 89.7% (3176) 83.0% (151) 86.6% (1394)
Degree that they were trying to AVOID getting pregnantb
  Trying to avoid (UIP) 5.9% (207) 11.0% (20) 7.8% (125)
  Not trying to avoid or Neutral/No pregnancy (No UIP) 94.2% (3332) 89.0% (162) 92.2% (1484)
Degree of happiness when found out about pregnancya
  Unhappy (UIP) 4.6% (163) 5.0% (9) 5.5% (89)
  Happy or Neutral/No pregnancy (No UIP) 95.4% (3376) 95.1% (173) 94.5% (1520)
Unintendedness of Pregnancy Summary Score
  7 2.0% (70) 2.8% (5) 2.5% (40)
  6 2.6% (92) 4.4% (8) 3.9% (62)
  5 1.8% (65) 3.9% (7) 2.3% (37)
  4 1.6% (57) 3.3% (6) 2.4% (38)
  3 1.8% (64) 3.3% (6) 1.9% (31)
  2 1.3% (46) 0.6% (1) 1.7% (28)
  1 1.3% (45) 2.8% (5) 1.2% (19)
Any Unintendedness (score of 1 or more) 12.4% (439) 20.9% (38) 15.8% (255)

Past 12 month pregnancy with no unintendedness (score = 0) or No pregnancy in past 12 months 87.6% (3100) 79.1% (144) 84.2% (1354)
a

scale from 0–4, coded UIP if 0 or 1;

b

reverse coded

UIP = unintended pregnancy

IPV = intimate partner violence