TABLE 1.
Participant characteristics (N=749)1
| Mean | |
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| |
| Number of living children 2 | 2.79 |
| Number of years of education | 5.3 |
| Age | 28.1 |
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| |
| % | |
|
| |
| Age group | |
| 15–19 | 6.8% |
| 20–24 | 29.0% |
| 25–29 | 26.0% |
| 30–34 | 20.0% |
| 35–39 | 12.3% |
| 40–45 | 5.9% |
| Currently married/cohabiting | |
| Yes - monogamous relationship | 68.0% |
| Yes - polygamous relationship | 17.2% |
| No - not currently married/cohabiting | 12.6% |
| No - never married/cohabited | 2.3% |
| Ever been divorced (among ever-married) | |
| Yes | 31.2% |
| No | 68.9% |
| Ever wants a(nother) child | |
| Yes | 76.8% |
| No | 23.2% |
| Had sex in previous 3 months | |
| Yes | 80.0% |
| No | 20.0% |
| Current contraceptive use | |
| Yes | 77.4% |
| No | 22.6% |
| Certainty of pregnancy 3 | |
| Certain | 78.0% |
| Likely | 16.7% |
| No chance/ unlikely | 5.3% |
| Experienced infertility (a period of 2+ years trying to achieve pregnancy) 4 | |
| Yes | 16.2% |
| No | 83.8% |
1
Columns may not total to 100% due to rounding
3
If you were to have sex and not use any method of contraception, how likely is it that you would become pregnant in the next year?
4
Have you ever tried to conceive a pregnancy for two years or longer without conceiving in that time?