Table 1.
Prevalence of contraceptive use, unintended pregnancy, and care seeking among FSW (n = 410)
| Variable | n/N | % |
|---|---|---|
| Ever experienced pregnancy | ||
| No | 67/410 | 16% |
| Yes | 343/410 | 84% |
| Ever experienced an unplanned/unwanted pregnancy | ||
| No | 100/343 | 29% |
| Yes | 243/343 | 71% |
| Ever terminated pregnancya | ||
| No | 308/340 | 91% |
| Yes | 32/340 | 9% |
| Given birthb | ||
| No | 29/342 | 8% |
| Yes | 313/342 | 92% |
| Given birth to 1 or more children since entering sex workc | ||
| No | 156/307 | 51% |
| Yes | 151/307 | 49% |
| Sought ANC during last pregnancyd | ||
| No | 35/339 | 10% |
| Yes | 304/339 | 90% |
| Currently pregnant | ||
| No | 391/410 | 95% |
| Yes | 19/410 | 5% |
| Aware of current pregnancy status | ||
| No | 7/19 | 37% |
| Yes | 12/19 | 63% |
| Current pregnancy unplannede | ||
| No | 3/12 | 25% |
| Yes | 9/12 | 75% |
| Sought ANC for current pregnancy | ||
| No | 12/19 | 63% |
| Yes | 7/19 | 37% |
| Time at first ANC visit for current pregnancy, median weeks (IQR), n = 7 | 19 (12–26) | |
| Currently trying to become pregnantf | ||
| No | 372/398 | 93% |
| Yes | 26/398 | 7% |
| Importance of avoiding getting pregnant | ||
| Not important | 43/372 | 11% |
| Important | 323/372 | 87% |
| Don’t know | 6/372 | 2% |
| Current use of another family planning method other than condoms | ||
| No | 205/410 | 50% |
| Yes | 205/410 | 50% |
| Ever obtained emergency contraception | ||
| No | 349/410 | 85% |
| Yes | 61/410 | 15% |
amissing n = 3, bmissing n = 1, cmissing n = 6, dmissing n = 4, equestion only asked to those who were aware of pregnancy status, fexcluding participants aware of current pregnancies