Table 3.

Percent distribution of perceived likelihood of becoming pregnant after having sex without contraception regularly for one year, overall and by background characteristics, among presumably fecund, sexually active women age 15 to 49 in Côte d'Ivoire, Nigeria, and Rajasthan^a

	Côte d'Ivoire					Nigeria					Rajasthan
	Def. yes	Maybe yes	Maybe no	Def. no	p-value	Def. yes	Maybe yes	Maybe no	Def. no	p-value	Def. yes	Maybe yes	Maybe no	Def. no	p-value
Age
15–19	49.2	29.8	10.0	11.1	0.08	33.7	38.1	20.5	7.7	0.01	49.2	34.1	9.3	7.4	0.01
20–24	59.7	27.1	10.1	3.1		39.8	35.5	14.3	10.3		47.8	30.6	12.0	9.6
25–29	61.3	27.6	7.3	3.9		46.7	33.2	10.9	9.2		43.4	34.7	16.0	5.9
30–34	54.6	31.7	6.7	7.0		47.8	34.1	9.6	8.5		43.1	35.9	15.8	5.2
35–39	64.1	27.3	6.6	1.9		40.7	33.0	10.0	16.4		30.5	47.5	14.1	7.9
40–44	53.6	28.1	10.5	7.8		39.1	33.8	13.0	14.2		31.8	34.8	17.4	16.1
45–49	47.9	26.0	12.9	13.2		38.3	33.5	13.9	14.3		34.3	32.6	17.7	15.4
Education
Never	49.7	33.5	11.0	5.8	0.01	22.3	42.9	21.8	13.0	<0.01	33.7	40.2	16.1	10.0	0.15
Primary	60.9	29.0	6.2	3.9		40.1	32.2	16.0	11.8		42.9	34.5	15.2	7.4
Secondary	62.4	22.0	6.7	9.0		44.8	33.0	10.1	12.1		42.5	35.3	13.6	8.6
Higher	71.0	12.4	9.2	7.4		50.0	32.3	8.6	9.1		49.7	30.5	12.4	7.4
Marital status
Currently married/cohabiting	54.3	30.6	9.0	6.0	0.23	40.4	34.1	12.7	12.9	0.09	41.9	35.3	14.6	8.2	0.45
Divorced/widowed	60.5	28.2	9.7	1.6		45.4	28.5	15.7	10.5		36.0	35.0	13.0	16.0
Never married	61.3	23.5	7.8	7.4		44.9	36.2	11.0	7.9		30.3	49.9	14.6	5.2
Residence
Rural	44.9	39.1	10.8	5.2	0.01	37.3	36.0	15.4	11.2	0.22	41.4	34.9	15.7	8.1	0.87
Urban	64.8	21.1	7.3	6.8		44.6	33.0	10.6	11.7		41.8	36.4	12.9	9.0
Wealth
Poorest	46.2	37.7	10.0	6.2	<0.01	26.0	40.9	22.4	10.7	<0.01	32.6	32.8	19.8	14.8	0.06
Second poorest	43.6	41.5	10.6	4.4		42.2	31.9	13.6	12.3		34.9	39.6	19.9	5.6
Middle	55.4	30.0	11.0	3.7		42.8	34.0	8.4	14.8		43.4	38.1	12.4	6.0
Second wealthiest	66.0	21.0	6.4	6.5		47.3	32.9	8.8	11.0		47.7	34.6	12.0	5.7
Wealthiest	70.4	14.1	6.4	9.1		50.9	30.9	8.7	9.5		43.6	33.8	12.2	10.4
Parity
0	57.8	22.2	8.8	11.1	0.03	40.8	38.6	12.6	8.1	0.14	41.7	34.0	13.9	10.5	0.68
1–2	61.7	25.0	8.5	4.8		42.9	33.8	11.8	11.5		43.6	34.2	14.4	7.8
3–4	55.6	31.1	7.5	5.8		42.4	30.7	12.3	14.7		39.0	38.4	15.0	7.6
5+	50.7	34.7	9.8	4.8		40.9	34.9	13.5	10.8		34.7	38.2	15.4	11.7
Sex in last month
No	57.3	28.9	7.8	6.0	0.84	45.1	34.5	9.2	11.2	0.02	37.6	36.0	15.8	10.6	0.42
Yes	56.3	28.2	9.3	6.2		40.3	34.1	13.9	11.7		42.4	35.4	14.3	8.0
Wants a/another child
No	56.4	28.4	8.5	6.8	0.41	40.3	35.6	13.3	10.8	0.06	44.8	32.9	13.5	8.8	0.24
Yes	58.1	28.7	9.9	3.3		44.9	31.2	10.8	13.1		39.1	37.5	15.3	8.2
Current contraceptive use
No	48.6	32.3	10.5	8.5	<0.01	31.6	38.5	15.5	14.4	<0.01	32.0	37.7	19.2	11.1	<0.01
Yes	71.0	21.6	5.5	1.9		55.0	28.7	8.5	7.8		51.9	33.1	9.5	5.4
Total	56.7	28.4	8.7	6.2		41.8	34.2	12.5	11.5		41.5	35.5	14.5	8.4

^aPercents are weighted to account for complex sampling design.