Table 1. Characteristics and proportion of the women who would or would not like to have (more) children according to socioeconomic and demographic variables. São Paulo, SP, Brazil, 2018.

Variable	I would like to have (more) children
	N	%	No	%	Yes	%	Does not know	%
Age (years old)				p<0.001
18-24	214	31.1	86	20.1	111	50.2	17	43.6
25-34	255	37.7	162	37.8	79	35.7	14	35.9
35+	219	31.9	180	42.1	31	14.0	8	20.5
Schooling				p 0.061
Elementary	21	3.0	15	3.5	5	2.3	1	2.6
High School	573	83.3	367	85.7	174	78.7	32	82.0
Higher	94	13.7	46	10.7	42	19.0	6	15.4
Religion				p 0.121
None	176	26.4	113	26.4	59	26.7	4	10.3
Catholic	175	25.4	117	27.3	49	22.2	9	23.1
Evangelical	308	44.8	179	41.8	104	47.1	25	64.1
Others	29	4.22	19	4.4	9	4.1	1	2.6
Declared skin color*				p 0.094
White	179	26.1	102	23.9	62	28.2	15	38.5
Non-white	508	73.9	326	76.2	158	71.8	24	61.5
Has a partner				p 0.412
Yes	244	35.5	144	33.6	84	38.0	16	41.0
No	444	64.5	284	66.4	137	62.0	23	59.0
Own income				p 0.367
No	365	53.1	225	52.6	115	52.3	25	64.1
Yes	322	46.9	203	47.4	105	47.7	14	35.9
Health insurance				p 0.006
No	565	82.1	363	84.8	167	75.6	35	89.7
Yes	123	17.9	65	15.2	54	24.4	4	10.3
Socioeconomic status*
A+B	158	23.4	92	21.7	55	2536	11	28.9
C	479	70.9	303	71.6	151	70.2	25	65.8
D+E	39	5.8	28	6.6	9	4.2	2	5.3
Parity				p<0.001
None	128	18.6	33	7.7	82	37.1	13	33.3
1 child	263	38.2	129	30.1	114	51.6	20	51.3
2+ children	297	43.2	266	62.1	25	11.3	6	15.4
Uses CMs†				p 0.422
No	299	43.5	179	41.8	104	47.1	16	41.0
Yes	389	56.5	249	58.2	117	53.0	23	59.0
Total	688	100	428	100	221	100	39	100

^*Some women did not answer;

^†CMs = Contraceptive methods