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Table 2 Pregnancy risk and fertility desire among the 24,968 women who had ever given birth before

From: Missed opportunities for family planning counselling among postpartum women in eleven counties in Kenya

 

0 - 11 months (extended postpartum) (N = 3803)

12 - 23 month since last birth (N = 3746)

N

N*

%

N

N*

%

Currently pregnant

19

19

0.5

181

172

4.6

Current pregnancy unintended

 Wanted later

3

3

15.0

69

63

36.8

 Not wanted at all

2

2

8.8

37

36

20.6

Sexually activea

2447

2414

63.0

2946

2916

77.7

Previous unintended pregnancies among sexually active women

 Wanted later

691

690

28.1

873

883

29.8

 Not wanted at all

259

262

10.7

281

292

9.8

Desired waiting period till next birth (among sexually active women)

  < 12 months

61

52

2.1

116

112

3.8

 12 – 23 months

66

50

2.0

109

88

3.0

 24–47 months

549

528

21.5

611

577

19.5

 48+ months

768

840

34.2

815

874

29.5

 Infertile/want no more/others

1003

986

40.2

1295

1314

44.3

  1. N Unweighted sample size, N* Weighted sample size, % Weighted sample proportion, a sexually active women are those who reported to had sex in the last 30 days at the time of the survey