Factors associated with unintended pregnancy

This research was designed to identify determinants of unintendedpregnancy among women attending family practice or family planning clinics.Survey data were collected from 95 women who were categorized according towhether or not they had experienced an unintended pregnancy. Women reportingunintended pregnancy were younger, reported earlier sexual debut and agreater number of sexual partners than those not having experienced anunintended pregnancy. Those who had avoided unintended pregnancy displayedhigher levels of preventive sexual self-efficacy, had more confidence intheir ability to use contraceptive methods, perceived more negativeconsequences associated with having children in the near future, andbelieved pregnancy among unmarried women to be less acceptable than didwomen who had had unintended pregnancies.