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105. Mistimed or Unwanted First Unintended Births to Women 15-44 Years of Age: 1995
[See headnote, Table 96]
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Women who had an
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unintended birth 1
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Number
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First unintended
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Characteristics
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of
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birth
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women,
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total,
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Number
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Percent
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Percent
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(1,000)
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(1,000)
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mistimed
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unwanted
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Total
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60,201
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17,077
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80.4
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19.6
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AGE AT BIRTH
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Under 20 years
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8,961
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7,666
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83.4
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16.6
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20-24 years
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9,041
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5,674
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84.7
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15.3
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25-29 years
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9,693
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2,440
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73.6
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26.4
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30-44 years
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11,065
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1,292
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56.8
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43.2
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BIRTH ORDER
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First birth
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(NA)
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12,540
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84.9
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15.1
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Second birth
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(NA)
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2,926
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77.5
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22.5
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Third or higher birth
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(NA)
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1,611
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51.1
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48.9
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POVERTY LEVEL 3
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0-149 percent
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10,072
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5,386
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75.5
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24.5
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0-99 percent
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5,992
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3,417
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73.2
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26.8
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150-299 percent
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14,932
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5,606
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80.9
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19.1
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300 percent or more
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22,736
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4,912
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84.3
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15.7
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RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN AND AGE AT BIRTH
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Hispanic
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6,702
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2,293
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74.8
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25.2
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Non-Hispanic white
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45,522
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10,641
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84.4
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15.6
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Non-Hispanic black
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8,210
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3,469
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72.9
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27.1
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Non-Hispanic other
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2,767
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674
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74.8
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25.2
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NA Not available.
1 Based on "traditional" version (comparable to Cycle 4 and previouscycles) of wantedness status. See source "Definition of Terms."
2 See source "Definitions of Terms". New=Cycle 5 version of wantedness status and Old="traditional version, comparable to Cycle 4and previous cycles.
3 Limited to women 22-44 years of age at time of interview.
Source: U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, Abma J., Chandra A.,Mosher W., Peterson L., Piccinino L., Fertility, Family Planning, andWomen's Health. New data from the 1995
National Survey of Family Growth, Vital Health Statistics, Series 23 No. 19, 1997.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/pubs/pubd/series/sr21/pre-31/pre-31.htm
https://allcountries.org/uscensus/105_mistimed_or_unwanted_first_unintended_births.html
These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.
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