Table 3 Distributions of women by how they would feel if they became pregnant in the next few weeks
From: Childbearing desires and behaviour: a prospective assessment in Nairobi slums
|  | Want no more | Undecided | Want another, timing unspecified | Want in 5+ years | Want in 2–4 years | Want in < 2 years | After marriage | Missing | Total | Number of mothers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Big problem | 79.2 | 60.9 | 55.1 | 76.7 | 69.0 | 39.7 | 70.6 | 28.6 | 74.3 | 3401 |
Small problem | 3.1 | 4.7 | 8.2 | 5.0 | 9.9 | 11.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.4 | 246 |
No problem | 6.5 | 18.0 | 28.6 | 9.0 | 16.7 | 48.7 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 10.7 | 491 |
Can’t get pregnant/no sex | 9.8 | 14.1 | 6.1 | 7.4 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 21.1 | 0.0 | 7.8 | 357 |
Refusal/don’t know | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
Missing | 1.4 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 4.6 | 71.4 | 1.8 | 81 |
Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 4577 |