Sociodemographic profiles of women by pregnancy intention living in urban slum communities in Mumbai, India (n=1047)
| Variable | Total (n=1047) (n (%)) | Intended (80.5%, n=843) (n (%)) | Unintended pegnancies (19.5%, n=204) | Test†‡ (P values) | |
| Mistimed (12.2%, n=128) (n (%)) | Unwanted (7.3%, n=76) (n (%)) | ||||
| Wives’ age (mean, SD, range) | 24.6, 4.4, 17–45 | 24.3, 4.2, 17–40 | 24.2, 4.2, 17–37 | 28.6, 4.9, 20–45 | 0.9† (0.59) |
| Husbands’ age (mean, SD, range) | 29.1, 5.1, 18–55 | 28.8, 4.9, 18–55 | 28.7, 4.9, 20–45 | 33.0, 5.3, 22–46 | 0.9† (0.58) |
| Religion | 8.7‡ (0.07) | ||||
| Hindu | 394 (37.6) | 331 (39.3) | 41 (32.0) | 20 (26.3) | |
| Muslim | 617 (58.9) | 479 (56.8) | 84 (65.6) | 54 (71.1) | |
| Other religion | 36 (3.4) | 31 (3.7) | 3 (2.3) | 2 (2.6) | |
| Wives’ formal education | 1.00‡ (0.61) | ||||
| No | 165 (15.8) | 129 (15.3) | 24 (18.8) | 12 (15.8) | |
| Yes | 882 (84.2) | 714 (84.7) | 104 (81.3) | 64 (84.2) | |
| Husbands’ formal education | 6.25‡ (0.04)* | ||||
| No | 130 (12.4) | 105 (12.5) | 10 (7.8) | 15 (19.7) | |
| Yes | 917 (87.6) | 738 (87.5) | 118 (92.2) | 61 (80.3) | |
| Income (mean, SD, range) | 135.5, 119.3, 21.3–1066.1 | 140.6, 127.4, 21.3–1066.1 | 123.1, 81.4, 32.0–533.0 | 100.3, 57.7, 32.0–383.8 | 0.8† (0.86) |
| Family structure | |||||
| Joint family | 645 (61.6) | 537 (63.7) | 77 (60.2) | 31 (40.8) | |
| Nuclear family | 402 (38.4) | 306 (36.3) | 51 (39.8) | 45 (59.2) | 15.6‡ (<0.001)* |
| Number of children (mean, SD, range) | 1.0, 1.2, 0–7 | 0.8, 1.0, 0–6 | 1.4, 1.1, 0–7 | 2.6, 1.2, 1–5 | 14.3† (<0.001)* |
| Modern spacing contraception (prior use) | |||||
| Condom use | 126 (12.0) | 92 (10.9) | 19 (14.8) | 15 (19.7) | 34.5‡ (<0.001)* |
| Other modern spacing contraception | 155 (14.8) | 105 (12.5) | 26 (20.3) | 24 (31.6) | |
| None | 766 (73.2) | 646 (76.6) | 83 (64.8) | 37 (48.7) | |
| Externally-decided pregnancy decision | 67.7‡ (<0.001)* | ||||
| Yes | 92 (8.8) | 47 (5.6) | 35 (27.3) | 10 (13.2) | |
| No | 955 (91.2) | 796 (94.4) | 93 (72.7) | 66 (86.8) | |
| Physical and/or sexual IPV, pre-pregnancy | 24.6‡ (<0.001)* | ||||
| Yes | 308 (29.4) | 219 (26.0) | 56 (43.8) | 33 (43.4) | |
| No | 739 (70.6) | 624 (74.0) | 72 (56.3) | 43 (56.6) | |
| Physical violence from in-laws (ILV), pre-pregnancy | 1.9‡ (0.38) | ||||
| Yes | 44 (4.2) | 32 (3.8) | 7 (5.5) | 5 (6.6) | |
| No | 1003 (95.8) | 811 (96.2) | 121 (94.5) | 71 (93.4) | |
Figures in bold represent statistically significant results.
*P<0.05.
†F-statistic.
‡Pearson chi-square.
IPV, intimate partner violence.