Unintended Pregnancy and Associated Factors among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care Unit in Public Health Facilities of Dire Dawa City, Eastern Ethiopia, 2021

Table 2

Obstetrics history of pregnant women attending ANC unit at urban public health facilities of Dire Dawa city, 2021.

Characteristics		Frequency (ni = 382)	Percent (%)
History of previous pregnancy	Yes	285	74.6
	No	97	25.4
Age of first pregnancy	15–19	176	46.1
	20–24	157	41.1
	25–29	46	12
	30–34	3	0.8
No. of pregnancy	Less or equal to 3	337	88.2
	Greater than 3	45	11.8
No. of alive children	No child	118	30.9
	1–3	222	58.1
	>3	42	11
Type of unintended pregnancy	Unwanted	36	14.4
	Mistimed	55	9.4
Reasons of unintended pregnancy	No use of FP method	37	40.7
	Method failure	32	35.1
	Husband/partner pressure	19	20.9
	Others	3	3.3
History of unintended pregnancy	Yes	45	11.8
	No	337	88.2
History of abortion	Yes	87	22.8
	No	295	77.2
Number of abortions	One	74	85
	Two	13	15
Types of abortion	Induced	27	31
	Spontaneous	54	62
	Both type	6	7
Decision maker on RH need	Me only	53	13.9
	Me and my husband	278	72.8
	My husband only	51	13.4

Others = rape.