Table 1. Number and Percent distribution of pregnancy intentions by women’s characteristics Pregnancy Intention n (%).

	Wanted	Mistimed	Unwanted	P value
Age-group				0
15–24	2635 (77.9)	592 (17.5)	156 (4.6)
25–34	1542 (71.2)	266 (12.3)	357 (16.5)
35+	175 (65.2)	9 (3.5)	84 (31.3)
Caste				0.145
Scheduled Caste	775 (74.7)	150 (14.5)	112 (10.8)
Scheduled tribe	670 (77.4)	130 (15.0)	66 (7.6)
Others	2939 (75.1)	607 (15.5)	368 (9.4)
Religion				0
Hindu	3105 (76.6)	596 (14.7)	353 (8.7)
Muslim	700 (68.7)	185 (18.2)	133 (13.1)
Christian	372 (74.6)	89 (17.8)	38 (7.6)
Others	193 (78.8)	28 (11.6)	24 (9.6)
Place of residence				0.636
Urban	1682 (75.0)	343 (15.3)	217 (9.7)
Rural	2692 (75.3)	547 (15.3)	336 (9.4)
Ideal number of Children				0
No child	28 (93.8)	1 (3.1)	1 (3.1)
One or two child	2847 (76.7)	612 (16.5)	252 (6.8)
3 or more	1506 (72.6)	278 (13.4)	291 (14.0)
Age at marriage				0
Less than 18	1937 (74.2)	376 (14.4)	298 (11.4)
18 or more	2456 (76.6)	526 (16.4)	224 (7.0)
Education level				0
No education	1622 (75.6)	272 (12.7)	251 (11.7)
Primary	586 (71.0)	155 (18.8)	84 (10.2)
Secondary	1749 (74.6)	429 (18.3)	166 (7.1)
Higher	434 (86.5)	47 (9.4)	21 (4.1)
Women Autonomy				0.117
Some	2738 (74.7)	531 (14.5)	396 (10.8)
No	1573 (73.1)	329 (15.3)	250 (11.6)
Occupation				0.739
Non worker	3033 (75.7)	629 (15.7)	345 (8.6)
Worker	1375 (75.9)	270 (14.9)	167 (9.2)
Exposure to mass-media				0
No	978 (74.1)	169 (12.8)	173 (13.1)
Yes	3409 (75.8)	738 (16.4)	351 (7.8)
Used Method				0
Never	3216 (78.6)	579 (14.1)	299 (7.3)
Ever	1192 (69.2)	319 (18.5)	212 (12.3)
Sex Composition
Sons less than daughters	1260 (72.9)	287 (15.3)	189 (11.8)	0
Sons equal to daughters	2266 (82.6)	331 (12.1)	135 (5.3)
Sons greater than daughters	882 (64.1)	280 (21.4)	187 (14.5)