Table 2.

Percentage of Unintended Pregnancies That Ended in Abortion and Rate of Unintended Pregnancies That Ended in Birth for All U.S. Females, 2008 and 2011.

Characteristic	Percentage of Unintended Pregnancies That Ended in Abortion*		Rate of Unintended Pregnancies That Ended in Birth†
	2008	2011	2008	2011
All females	40	42	27	22
Age group‡
15–19 yr	37	38	30	21
15–17 yr	35	43	19	10
18–19 yr	38	37	47	37
20–24 yr	41	44	53	40
25–29 yr	42	42	38	33
30–34 yr	41	42	24	21
≥35 yr	45	46	8	7
Relationship status
Currently married	20	23	24	18
Never married, not cohabiting	57	56	16	14
Formerly married, not cohabiting	67	54	12	19
Cohabiting	39	41	101	72
Income as a percentage of the federal poverty level
<100%	41	38	70	60
100–199%	37	44	45	28
≥200%	43	48	12	9
Educational attainment§
Not a high school graduate	27	35	61	40
High school graduate or GED equivalent	40	38	31	31
Some college or associate’s degree	48	49	24	20
College graduate	48	47	13	11
Race and ethnic group¶
White non-Hispanic	36	36	20	17
Black non-Hispanic	50	50	40	33
Hispanic	37	40	43	31
Religious affiliation
Protestant	34	36	28	23
Mainline Protestant	40	39	29	26
Evangelical Protestant	27	32	28	20
Catholic	44	48	26	22
Other	39	39	20	19
None	49	49	29	22

^*Pregnancies that ended in miscarriage were excluded.

^†Rates are reported as the number of unintended pregnancies per 1000 women and girls 15 to 44 years of age.

^‡Girls younger than 15 years of age were excluded because of insufficient data. For the category 35 years of age or older, the numerator is the number of pregnancies among women 35 years of age or older and the population denominator is the number of women 35 to 44 years of age.

^§Calculations by educational attainment were limited to women 20 years of age or older.

^¶Race and ethnic group were self-reported. Data from women and girls who reported their race or ethnic group as “other” are not included here.