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Table 2 Prevalence of unintended pregnancy and total sample sizes by socioeconomic variables, India

From: Sexual violence as a predictor of unintended pregnancy among married women of India: evidence from the fourth round of the National Family Health Survey (2015–16)

Variables

Unintended pregnancy

p value

No

Yes

Total Number (%)

3206 (87.9)

440 (12.1)

 

Type of IPV 

  

< 0.001

 No IPV 

89.4

10.5

 

 Only Sexual

77.1

22.9

 

 Only Physical

85.7

14.3

 

 Both Sexual & Physical

77.5

22.5

 

Age

  

< 0.05

 15–24 years

88.9

11.1

 

 25–49 years

86.8

13.2

 

First cohabitation age

  

< 0.001

 < 19 years

84.6

15.4

 

 > 19 years

90.6

9.4

 

Place of residence

  

< 0.01

 Urban

91.7

8.3

 

 Rural

86.4

13.6

 

Women Education

  

< 0.01

 No education

84.7

15.3

 

 Primary

85.0

15.0

 

 Secondary

88.7

11.3

 

 Higher

93.5

6.5

 

Husband education

  

< 0.001

 No education

81.1

18.9

 

 Primary

88.2

11.8

 

 Secondary

87.9

12.1

 

 Higher

93.5

6.5

 

Wealth Index

  

< 0.01

 Poorest

83.5

16.5

 

 Poor

86.0

14.0

 

 Middle

87.3

12.7

 

 Richer

90.6

9.4

 

 Richest

93.1

6.9

 

Religion

  

< 0.01

 Hindu

88.7

11.3

 

 Muslim

83.9

16.1

 

 Christian

95.0

5.0

 

 Others

88.4

11.6

 

Caste

  

< 0.01

 Scheduled Caste and Tribes

87.7

12.3

 

 Others

88.0

12.0

 

Parity

  

< 0.001

 None

94.4

5.6

 

 1

87.0

13.0

 

 2+

72.0

28.0

 

Household members

   

 1–3 members

92.1

7.9

 

 4–6 members

87.9

12.1

 

 7+ members

85.64

14.4

 

Mass media exposure

 No

82.75

17.3

 

 Yes

90.28

9.7