Table 3.

Attitude towards family planning among Saudi primary health care attendees in Abha, Saudi Arabia

Family planning attitude items		No	Percentage
Do you prefer having your next child a male or female child	Don’t want children	90	28.7%
	Female	69	22.0%
	Male	66	21.0%
	No preference	89	28.3%
Spousal preferred sex of future child	Don’t want children	84	26.8%
	Female	67	21.3%
	Male	57	18.2%
	No preference	106	33.8%
Preferred number of children	None	79	25.2%
	1-4	69	22.0%
	4-6	143	45.5%
	6+	23	7.3%
Preferred interpregnancy spacing	<1 year	10	3.2%
	1-2	28	8.9%
	2-4	144	45.9%
	4+	132	42.0%
Do you wish to have more children	No	112	35.7%
	Yes	202	64.3%
Tend to perform family planning	No	34	10.8%
	Yes	280	89.2%
What do you think about your spouse’s opinion	Agree	275	87.6%
	Disagree	39	12.4%