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Table 2 Demographic correlates of unplanned pregnancy

From: High rate of unplanned pregnancy in the context of integrated family planning and HIV care services in South Africa

Variables

All n (%)

Planned pregnancy n (%)

Unplanned pregnancy n (%)

p-value

Age (years)

 Below 21

43 (7.2)

4 (9.3)

39 (90.7)

0.002

 21–25

130 (21.9)

26 (20.0)

104 (80.0)

 

 26–30

152 (25.6)

49 (32.2)

103 (67.8)

 

 31–35

139 (23.4)

51 (36.7)

88 (63.3)

 

 36–40

104 (17.5)

34 (32.7)

70 (67.3)

 

 41–44

26 (4.4)

8 (30.8)

18 (69.2)

 

Marital status

 Married

116 (19.5)

68 (58.6)

48 (41.4)

<0.001

 Single

389 (65.5)

71 (18.3)

318 (81.7)

 

 Co-habiting

73 (12.3)

28 (38.4)

45 (61.6)

 

 Divorce/separated

16 (2.7)

5 (31.3)

11 (68.8)

 

Type of residence

 Rural

190 (32.0)

51 (26.8)

139 (73.2)

0.165

 Semi-urban

262 (44.1)

86 (32.8)

176 (67.2)

 

 Urban

142 (23.9)

35 (24.6)

107 (75.4)

 

HIV serostatus at booking

 Negative

53 (8.9)

7 (13.2)

46 (86.8)

<0.001

 Positive

472 (79.5)

156 (33.5)

316 (66.5)

 

 Unknown

69 (11.6)

9 (13.0)

60 (87.0)

 

aParity

 1

194 (32.7)

39 (20.1)

155 (79.9)

<0.001

 2–4

377 (63.6)

131 (34.7)

246 (65.3)

 

 5–7

22 (3.7)

2 (9.1)

20 (90.9)

 

aPrevious abortions

 None

455 (76.7)

124 (27.3)

331 (72.7)

0.010

 1

115 (19.4)

45 (39.1)

70 (60.9)

 

 3–5

23 (3.9)

3 (13.0)

20 (87.0)

 
  1. amissing data were excluded in the analysis