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National Survey of Family Growth - Wave 6 (2002) Pregnancy File

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Please look at Card 42. (Earlier you told me (your/this/that) pregnancy occurred too soon / Earlier you told me that (your/this/that) pregnancy occurred at a time when you wanted no future pregnancies.) Which of the following statements applies to you right before you became pregnant (this time/that time (that is, with the pregnancy that ended in DATE))? Your birth control method failed, or you did not use your birth control method properly? (1st mention)

	1) Your birth control method failed
	2) You did not use your birth control method properly
	3) Respondent wasn't using a method
	8) Refused
	9) Don't know

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Your birth control method failed	310	39.3%	39.3%	-.86
You did not use your birth control method properly	368	46.6%	85.9%	.23
Respondent wasn't using a method	105	13.3%	99.2%	1.32
Refused	1	.1%	99.4%	6.77
Don't know	5	.6%	100%	7.86

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	15-17 years old	18-30 years old	31-44 years old	TOTAL
Your birth control method failed	31.0% 9	40.1% 218	38.4% 83	39.3% 310
You did not use your birth control method properly	51.7% 15	48.0% 261	42.6% 92	46.6% 368
Respondent wasn't using a method	17.2% 5	11.6% 63	17.1% 37	13.3% 105
Refused	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	1.9% 4	0.6% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 29	100.0% 544	100.0% 216	789

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school diploma or GED	High school graduate (diploma or GED)	Some college but no degree	Associate's degree	Bachelor's degree	Graduate degree	TOTAL
Your birth control method failed	35.6% 67	35.7% 102	46.7% 78	52.9% 27	36.4% 28	40.0% 8	39.3% 310
You did not use your birth control method properly	45.2% 85	49.3% 141	43.1% 72	31.4% 16	55.8% 43	55.0% 11	46.6% 368
Respondent wasn't using a method	18.6% 35	13.6% 39	9.6% 16	15.7% 8	7.8% 6	5.0% 1	13.3% 105
Refused	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Don't know	0.0% 0	1.4% 4	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 188	100.0% 286	100.0% 167	100.0% 51	100.0% 77	100.0% 20	789

Race (I-RACE)

	Black	White	Other	TOTAL
Your birth control method failed	31.8% 77	45.2% 208	28.7% 25	39.3% 310
You did not use your birth control method properly	49.6% 120	43.0% 198	57.5% 50	46.6% 368
Respondent wasn't using a method	16.9% 41	11.3% 52	13.8% 12	13.3% 105
Refused	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Don't know	1.2% 3	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.6% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 242	100.0% 460	100.0% 87	789

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	No Religion	Catholic	Prostestant	Other Religions	TOTAL
Your birth control method failed	36.9% 59	37.9% 74	41.3% 160	36.2% 17	39.3% 310
You did not use your birth control method properly	53.1% 85	46.2% 90	45.2% 175	38.3% 18	46.6% 368
Respondent wasn't using a method	9.4% 15	15.9% 31	12.4% 48	23.4% 11	13.3% 105
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Don't know	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.8% 3	2.1% 1	0.6% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 160	100.0% 195	100.0% 387	100.0% 47	789

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Currently married	Cohabiting (unmarried)	Widowed	Divorced	Separated	Never been married	TOTAL
Your birth control method failed	42.1% 110	37.5% 48	100.0% 1	54.7% 29	27.8% 10	36.1% 112	39.3% 310
You did not use your birth control method properly	45.6% 119	51.6% 66	0.0% 0	39.6% 21	44.4% 16	47.1% 146	46.6% 368
Respondent wasn't using a method	12.3% 32	10.2% 13	0.0% 0	5.7% 3	25.0% 9	15.5% 48	13.3% 105
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.3% 4	0.6% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 261	100.0% 128	100.0% 1	100.0% 53	100.0% 36	100.0% 310	789