Table 3. Number and proportion of women according to how they consider the time of a pregnancy and the feeling regarding an unplanned pregnancy. São Paulo, SP, Brazil, 2018.
| Variable | Time of pregnancy | Feeling towards unexpected pregnancy | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wrong | Does not know | Right | Sad | Indiff.* | Does not know† | Happy | |
| n(%) | n(%) | n(%) | n(%) | n(%) | n(%) | n(%) | |
| Age (years old) | p 0.219 | p 0.504 | |||||
| 18-24 | 141(32.9) | 44(33.8) | 29(22.5) | 57(28.0) | 15(32.6) | 56(36.1) | 86(30.4) |
| 25-34 | 153(35.7) | 48(37.0) | 54(41.9) | 85(41.7) | 15(32.6) | 48(31.0) | 107(38.0) |
| 35+ | 135(31.5) | 38(29.2) | 46(35.7) | 62(30.4) | 16(34.8) | 51(34.8) | 90(31.8) |
| Schooling | p 0.308 | p 0.144 | |||||
| Elemen.‡ | 16(3.7) | 1(0.8) | 4(3.1) | 11(5.4) | - (0.0) | 4(2.6) | 6(2.1) |
| High School | 360(83.9) | 110(84.6) | 103(79.8) | 166(81.4) | 41(89.1) | 135(87.1) | 231(81.7) |
| Higher | 53(12.3) | 19(14.6) | 22(17.0) | 27(13.2) | 5(10.9) | 16(10.3) | 46(16.2) |
| Socioeconomic group§ | p 0.581 | p 0.411 | |||||
| A+B | 94(22.2) | 33(25.8) | 31(25.0) | 45(22.4) | 14(31.1) | 30(19.7) | 69(24.8) |
| C | 304(71.7) | 86(67.2) | 89(71.8) | 144(71.6) | 30(66.7) | 109(71.7) | 196(70.5) |
| D+E | 26(6.1) | 9(7.0) | 4(3.2) | 12(6.0) | 1(2.2) | 13(8.5) | 13(4.7) |
| Skin color | p 0.514 | p 0.413 | |||||
| White | 106(24.7) | 35(26.9) | 38(29.7) | 49(24.0) | 11(23.9) | 36(23.2) | 83(29.4) |
| Non-white‖ | 323(75.3) | 95(73.1) | 90(70.3) | 155(76.0) | 35(76.1) | 119(76.8) | 199(70.6) |
| Religion | p 0.947 | p 0.500 | |||||
| None | 110(25.6) | 34(26.1) | 32(24.8) | 53(26.0) | 12(26.1) | 45(29.0) | 66(23.3) |
| Catholic | 110(25.6) | 36(27.7) | 29(22.5) | 47(23.0) | 13(28.3) | 43(27.7) | 72(25.4) |
| Evangelical | 190(44.3) | 56(43.1) | 62(48.1) | 98(48.0) | 20(43.5) | 57(36.8) | 133(47.0) |
| Other | 19(4.4) | 4(3.1) | 6(4.6) | 6(2.9) | 1(2.2) | 10(6.4) | 12(4.2) |
| Own income§ | p 0.922 | p 0.424 | |||||
| No | 229(53.5) | 67(51.5) | 69(53.5) | 103(50.5) | 22(49.0) | 79(51.0) | 161(57.0) |
| Yes | 199(46.5) | 63(48.5) | 60(46.5) | 101(49.5) | 23(51.0) | 76(49.0) | 122(43.0) |
| Health insurance | p 0.749 | p 0.575 | |||||
| No | 356(83.0) | 105(80.8) | 104(80.6) | 166(81.4) | 38(82.6) | 133(85.8) | |
| Yes | 73(17.0) | 25(19.2) | 25(19.4) | 38(18.6) | 8(17.4) | 22(14.2) | |
| Has a partner | p 0.007 | p 0.249 | |||||
| No | 171(39.9) | 39(30.0) | 34(26.4) | 77(37.7) | 18(39.1) | 61(39.3) | 88(31.1) |
| Yes | 258(60.1) | 91(70.0) | 95(73.6) | 127(62.2) | 28(60.9) | 94(60.6) | 195(69.0) |
| Parity | p<0.001 | p<0.001 | |||||
| None | 59(13.7) | 26(20.0) | 43(33.3) | 15(7.3) | 9(19.6) | 26(16.8) | 78(27.6) |
| 01 child | 160(37.3) | 54(41.5) | 49(38.0) | 64(41.3) | 19(41.3) | 64(41.3) | 113(40.0) |
| 02+ | 210(49.0) | 50(38.5) | 37(28.7) | 122(59.8) | 18(39.1) | 65(41.9) | 92(32.5) |
| LMUP§ | p 0.053 | p<0.001 | |||||
| Planned | 123(33.5) | 40(38.1) | 39(42.4) | 51(27.4) | 17(43.6) | 38(29.2) | 96(46.9) |
| Ambiv.‖ | 167(45.5) | 55(52.4) | 37(40.2) | 91(48.9) | 10(25.6) | 66(50.8) | 92(44.0) |
| N. pl.¶ | 77(21.0) | 10(9.5) | 16(17.4) | 44(23.7) | 12(30.8) | 26(20.0) | 21(10.0) |
| Uses CMs** | p<0.001 | p 0.394 | |||||
| No | 175(40.7) | 49(37.7) | 75(58.1) | 86(42.2) | 24(52.2) | 61(39.4) | 128(45.2) |
| Yes | 254(59.3) | 81(62.3) | 54(41.9) | 118(57.8) | 22(47.8) | 94(60.6) | 155(54.8) |
| Total | 429(100) | 130(100) | 129(100) | 204(100) | 46(100) | 155(100) | 283(100) |
*Indiff. = Indifferent; †‡some women did not answer; §LMUP = London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy used only for women who already had children; ‖Ambiv. = Ambivalent; ¶N. pl. = Not planned; **CMs = Contraceptive methods