Table 2.

Reasons provided for not wanting a child now

	% of Women Wanting to Delay Childbearing Who Cited Reason	% of Women Wanting to Stop Childbearing Who Cited Reason
Tired of Giving Birth, Too Old, Poor Health	27.4	33.0
Poor Economic Conditions	15.0	34.5
Wait Until Youngest Child Is Weaned/Walking/Old Enough	14.5	0.13
Enough Children	1.8	59.9
No Reason Given	37.8	0.52
N	339	775

Notes: Women interviewed at Wave 2 who reported wanting to delay childbearing or stop childbearing. The table includes all reasons given by at least 5 % of women in at least one of the two categories. Women who did not know whether they wanted another child were not asked about reasons for not wanting and are not included in this table.