Table 3.
Demographic characteristics of participants stratified by the London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy (LMUP) intention score categories
| Women’s characteristics | Total (n=2105) |
Unplanned (n=959) |
Ambivalent (n=607) |
Planned (n=539) |
P values* |
| Age (years) | 28 (24–33) | 28 (24–32) | 28 (25–33) | 29 (25–33) | <0.001 |
| Age category | |||||
| 18–24 | 532 (25) | 274 (29) | 150 (25) | 108 (20) | |
| 25–34 | 1235 (59) | 548 (57) | 356 (59) | 331 (61) | 0.004 |
| 35–44 | 338 (16) | 137 (14) | 101 (17) | 100 (19) | |
| Parity | 1 (1–2) | 1 (1–2) | 1 (1–2) | 1 (1–2) | <0.001 |
| Completed high school | |||||
| Yes | 601 (29) | 236 (25) | 205 (34) | 160 (30) | <0.001 |
| Level of education | |||||
| Primary | 73 (3) | 38 (4) | 16 (3) | 19 (3) | |
| Secondary | 1973 (94) | 889 (93) | 574 (94) | 510 (95) | 0.309 |
| Tertiary | 59 (3) | 32 (3) | 17 (3) | 10 (2) | |
| Employment status | |||||
| Employed | 833 (39) | 352 (37) | 265 (44) | 212 (39) | 0.022 |
| Housing | |||||
| Informal | 1100 (52) | 476 (50) | 307 (51) | 317 (59) | 0.002 |
| Socioeconomic status | |||||
| Low | 524 (25) | 274 (29) | 118 (19) | 132 (25) | |
| Low-moderate | 469 (22) | 195 (20) | 143 (24) | 131 (24) | 0.004 |
| Moderate-high | 565 (27) | 251 (26) | 167 (28) | 147 (27) | |
| High | 541 (26) | 238 (25) | 175 (29) | 128 (24) | |
| Married/cohabiting | |||||
| Yes | 882 (43) | 273 (30) | 242 (40) | 367 (69) | <0.001 |
| Disclosed HIV status to current partner (HIV+ women) | 816 (55) | 367 (50) | 214 (56) | 235 (64) | <0.001 |
| Intention of current pregnancy | |||||
| Unintended | 1347 (64) | 950 (99) | 346 (57) | 51 (9) | |
| Intended | 752 (36) | 8 (1) | 256 (42) | 488 (91) | <0.001 |
| Unsure | 5 (0) | 0 (0) | 5 (1) | 0 (0) | |
| Used contraceptive in the past 12 months | 1459 (69) | 721 (75) | 427 (70) | 311 (58) | <0.001 |
| Contraceptive method used in the past 12 months | |||||
| None | 646 (31) | 238 (25) | 180 (30) | 228 (42) | |
| Oral contraceptive | 57 (3) | 26 (3) | 16 (3) | 15 (3) | |
| Injectable | 752 (36) | 335 (35) | 233 (38) | 184 (34) | <0.001 |
| IUD | 8 (0) | 4 (0) | 2 (0) | 2 (0) | |
| Sterilisation | 1 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (0) | 0 (0) | |
| Condom | 641 (30) | 356 (37) | 175 (29) | 110 (20) | |
| Discussed family planning with partner in the past 12 months | 964 (49) | 234 (26) | 347 (60) | 383 (78) | <0.001 |
Values are given as number (percentage) or median (IQR).
*Χ2 or Fisher’s exact tests were used to assess bivariate associations.
IUD, intrauterine device.