Table 2 Distribution of unplanned pregnancy across women’s characteristics (n = 3,790)

Age

 15–19

294

5.6 (5.1–6.3)

23.7 (16.9–32.2)

 20–24

941

17.2 (16.2–18.3)

28.7 (24.2–33.8)

 25–29

990

20.9 (19.7–22.1)

22.1 (18.3–26.5)

 30–34

821

20.0 (18.9–21.1)

21.9 (18.3–26.0)

 35–39

523

17.1 (16.2–18.1)

28.8 (23.7–34.6)

 40–44

178

11.3 (10.5–12.1)

30.1 (22.0–39.6)

 45–49

43

7.8 (7.2–8.5)

40.0 (22.1–61.0)

Wealth index quintiles

 Poorest

1362

19.4 (17.3–21.7)

25.1 (21.9–28.7)

 Second

885

19.3 (17.0–21.8)

29.6 (24.8–34.8)

 Middle

683

19.7 (17.4–22.2)

25.8 (21.3–31.0)

 Fourth

470

21.0 (18.4–23.9)

25.1 (20.2–30.7)

 Richest

390

20.6 (18.1–23.5)

19.2 (14.7–24.5)

Education

 Pre-primary or none

2083

47.8 (45.6–49.9)

23.7 (21.0–26.7)

 Primary

706

17.0 (15.8–18.2)

24.4 (19.8–29.6)

 Secondary + 

1001

35.3 (33.3–37.3)

27.9 (24.5–31.7)

Health insurance

 With insurance

37

2.4 (1.9–3.0)

7.3 (2.3–20.9)

 Without insurance

3749

97.4 (97.0–98.1)

25.6 (23.4–27.9)

Ethnicity

 Mandinka

1074

30.0 (27.0–33.2)

27.8 (23.9–32.1)

 Wollof

694

12.6 (10.7–14.8)

26.5 (21.7–32.0)

 Fula

939

20.9 (18.3–23.8)

21.1 (16.7–26.2)

 Jola

157

11.1 (9.0–13.5)

37.2 (29.9–45.2)

 Sarahule

402

9.1 (6.6–12.5)

11.6 (8.7–15.5)

 Other

246

7.7 (6.5–9.2)

33.4 (26.2–41.4)

 Non Gambian

278

8.6 (7.6–9.6)

19.3 (13.4–27.0)

Functional difficulties

 Has functional difficulties

86

2.2 (1.9–2.6)

42.3 (29.1–56.6)

 Has no functional difficulties

3648

97.8 (97.4–98.1)

25.0 (22.8–27.4)

Parity

 1–2

1399

31.8 (9.1–11.0)

24.2 (20.9–27.7)

 3–4

1141

26.3 (25.2–27.5)

22.3 (18.9–26.2)

 5 + 

1250

32.0 (30.4–33.4)

29.5 (26.3–33.0)

Marital status

 Currently married/in union

3611

87.0 (85.7–88.1)

22.9 (20.8–25.2)

 Formerly married/in union

83

7.3 (6.6–8.1)

25.5 (15.4–39.2)

 Single

72

5.7 (5.0–6.6)

77.8 (66.8–85.9)

Age at first marriage

  < 18

1744

40.7 (38.9–42.5)

22.3 (19.5–25.4)

 18–24

1632

42.9 (41.3–44.5)

24.0 (21.3–26.9)

 25 + 

318

10.7 (9.8–11.6)

21.1 (16.0–27.3)

 Never married

96

5.7 (5.0–6.6)

78.1 (67.1–86.1)

LGA

 Banjul

186

1.3 (1.1–1.4)

30.5 (22.6–39.6)

 Kanifing

350

20.9 (19.3–22.7)

18.8 (15.0–23.4)

 Brikama

485

38.8 (36.6–41.2)

32.4 (27.8–37.3)

 Mansakonko

414

4.0 (3.5–4.5)

28.7 (24.6–33.1)

 Kerewan

514

10.3 (9.2–11.5)

33.3 (29.2–37.6)

 Kuntaur

617

4.8 (4.3–5.3)

19.0 (14.7–24.2)

 Janjanbureh

517

6.7 (5.6–7.9)

14.6 (10.7–19.6)

 Basse

707

13.3 (11.3–15.6)

13.8 (11.0–17.2)

Residential status

 Urban

1410

68.1 (66.1–70.1)

26.5 (23.4–29.9)

 Rural

2380

31.9 (29.9–33.9)

23.2 (20.8–25.7)

Overall happiness

 Very happy

1551

37.2 (35.4–39.1)

22.2 (19.3–25.5)

 Somewhat happy

1332

35.7 (34.2–37.1)

27.3 (24.0–30.9)

 Neither happy nor unhappy

721

21.6 (20.5–22.7)

25.7 (21.7–30.2)

 Somewhat unhappy

132

4.2 (3.7–4.9)

32.2 (22.6–43.7)

 Very unhappy

51

1.3 (1.1–1.7)

37.9 (22.5–56.1)

Sexual debut

  < 18

1064

24.6 (23.2–26.0)

27.0 (22.8–31.6)

 18 + 

901

27.4 (25.8–29.1)

27.3 (23.9–30.9)

 At first marriage

1825

48.0 (45.9–50.1)

23.4 (20.4–26.7)

Ever used any method to avoid pregnancy

 Yes

468

20.7 (19.3–22.1)

28.1 (22.8–34.1)

 No

2633

79.3 (77.9–80.7)

23.5 (20.8–26.4)

Reading newspaper or magazine

 No

3584

89.1 (87.9–90.3)

25.3 (23.0–27.7)

 Yes

206

10.9 (9.7–12.1)

24.6 (18.1–32.6)

Listening to radio

 No

783

18.4 (17.0–19.9)

21.3 (17.3–25.9)

 Yes

3007

81.6 (80.0–83.0)

26.2 (23.8–28.8)

Watching television

 No

1733

32.0 (29.2–35.0)

24.2 (20.6–28.3)

 Yes

2055

68.0 (65.0–70.8)

25.9 (23.4–28.6)

Mobility

 Native (lived 5 + years in the location)

2804

70.4 (68.6–72.1)

26.5 (24.1–29.1)

 Visitor (lived < 5 years in the location)

986

29.6 (27.9–31.4)

22.6 (23.1–27.6)