Table 1 Participant’s responses to each of the six London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy questions
Response to LMUP questions | Freq | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Q1—Contraception | ||
Always used contraception | 230 | 5.42 |
Sometimes used contraception/knew the method failed | 1187 | 28.0 |
Not using contraception | 2823 | 66.5 |
Missing | 4 | 0.09 |
Total | 4244 | 100 |
Q2—Timing | ||
Wrong time | 1460 | 34.6 |
Ok, but not quite right time | 431 | 10.2 |
Right time | 2344 | 55.2 |
Missing | 1 | 0.02 |
Total | 4244 | 100 |
Q3—Intention | ||
Did not intend to get pregnant | 1628 | 38.4 |
Intentions kept changing | 310 | 7.30 |
Intended to get pregnant | 2304 | 54.2 |
Missing | 2 | 0.05 |
Total | 4243 | 100 |
Q4—Desire | ||
Did not want to have a baby | 1438 | 33.9 |
Mixed feelings about having a baby | 462 | 10.9 |
Wanted to have a baby | 2344 | 55.2 |
Total | 4244 | 100 |
Q5—Partner discussions | ||
Never discussed having children together | 970 | 22.9 |
Discussed having children, but had not agreed to get pregnant | 1011 | 23.8 |
Agreed we would like me to be pregnant | 2261 | 53.3 |
Missing | 2 | 0.05 |
Total | 4244 | 100 |
Q6—Preconception preparation | ||
No action to prepare for pregnancy | 2710 | 63.9 |
1 action to prepare for pregnancy | 1055 | 24.9 |
≥ 2 actions to prepare for pregnancy | 469 | 11.1 |
Missing | 10 | 0.24 |
Total | 4244 | 100 |