Table 5

Pregnancy experience between waves and intentionality of pregnancy among those who experienced a pregnancy/birth at wave 2

Wave 1:
desire for a pregnancy
Intentionality of birth/pregnancy at wave 2 (%) (n=3461)
% had birth or pregnancy between wavesWanted thenWanted laterDid not wantTotal
% (n)
Wants within 2 years84.572.926.30.9100 (n=996)
Wants in 2 years92.265.332.12.7100 (n=659)
Wants in 3 years88.761.237.11.7100 (n=542)
Wants in 4+ years82.057.638.44.1100 (n=424)
Undecided93.466.528.64.9100 (n=432)
Wants no more81.060.130.09.9100 (n=408)
P<0.001P<0.001
  • Uses wave 2 weights. For percent that had a birth, n=4000 women married at wave 1 that also have wave 2 data.