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Table 4 Reasons for stop or spacing childbearing, according to fertility desire

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

Financial

30.7

24.6

14.3

12.9

3.8

8.3

11.1

0.0

17.1

778

Related to number or age of existing children*

45.5

47.6

49.0

75.0

90.5

70.8

5.5

0.0

65.2

140

Own health

3.8

2.4

6.1

2.8

2.4

12.5

0.0

0.0

3.1

2967

Infrequent/no sex

1.8

1.6

2.0

0.5

0.5

0.0

8.3

0.0

1.2

53

Other

3.0

6.4

2.0

4.4

1.0

0.0

59.6

0.0

4.5

204

Missing

15.3

17.4

26.5

4.4

1.8

8.3

15.6

100.0

8.9

403

Total

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

4545

  1. *This category includes responses too many or enough children for limiters, “baby too young” and similar response for spacers
  2. Note: 32 women who wanting a child soon were excluded