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Contraception | | |
| 1 | I took precautions but the contraceptive did not work (any type including ECP) | 43 | 42.9 |
| 2 | I was afraid of side effects of certain contraceptives | 32 | 32.0 |
| 3 | I was in the process of beginning a new contraceptive method | 31 | 31.0 |
| 4 | I thought it was during the safe period | 31 | 30.8 |
| 5 | I thought it could not happen to me | 30 | 29.5 |
| 6 | I just never got around to getting contraception | 21 | 21.2 |
| 7 | I had planned not to have any more intercourse for a while | 19 | 19.3 |
| 8 | There is no contraception that suits me | 9 | 8.6 |
| 9 | I felt a contraceptive would interfere with the natural expression of love | 7 | 6.8 |
| 10 | I did not like deliberately planning for the possibility of intercourse | 3 | 3.1 |
| 11 | My usual contraceptive method was not available | 2 | 2.0 |
| 12 | I felt it was wrong and against my beliefs to use contraceptives | 2 | 1.9 |
| 13 | I could not afford to buy contraception | 1 | 0.8 |
| 14 | I did not think any contraceptive really worked | 1 | 0.8 |
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Pregnancy—risk-taking | | |
| 15 | I put the possibility of pregnancy out of my mind | 36 | 36.3 |
| 16 | I got carried away before I could think about contraception | 21 | 21.4 |
| 17 | I did not think I would get pregnant because I have often had intercourse without protection | 21 | 21.0 |
| 18 | My judgment was affected by alcohol | 19 | 18.6 |
| 19 | I knew I might get pregnant but that uncertainty did not concern me very much | 12 | 11.8 |
| 20 | I felt that having intercourse on that occasion was worth the chance of pregnancy | 12 | 11.5 |
| 21 | I did not think pregnancy was likely because I had intercourse so infrequently | 11 | 11.0 |
| 22 | My judgment was affected by a drug (marijuana, speed, ecstasy, etc.) | 4 | 4.4 |
| 23 | I sort of liked putting myself in a risky situation | 3 | 3.1 |
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Fertility | | |
| 24 | I did not think I was fertile | 20 | 20.3 |
| 25 | At the time I wanted to get pregnant | 3 | 3.1 |
| 26 | I wanted to prove I was fertile | 0 | 0.3 |
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Attitudes | | |
| 27 | I realised that if I did get pregnant I could get an abortion | 9 | 9.0 |
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Partner/relationship | | |
| 28 | He was supposed to withdraw but he did not | 13 | 13.2 |
| 29 | He wanted to have a baby even though I did not | 9 | 8.6 |
| 30 | We could not agree what kind of contraceptive method to use | 8 | 7.8 |
| 31 | He did not want me to use contraception | 7 | 7.4 |
| 32 | I loved him and nothing else mattered | 7 | 6.7 |
| 33 | He would not/will not use contraception (condoms, withdrawal, and vasectomy) | 6 | 5.7 |
| 34 | I was not able to take precautions because he was in such a hurry | 3 | 3.1 |
| 35 | I thought that if I got pregnant it would improve our relationship | 3 | 2.9 |
| 36 | I thought that if I got pregnant we would stay together | 3 | 2.6 |
| 37 | I was not confident to talk to him about contraception | 2 | 1.8 |
| 38 | He assured me he was sterile or that he could not make me pregnant | 2 | 1.8 |
| 39 | I thought that using contraception would make it harder to say no in future | 1 | 1.0 |
| 40 | I thought that using a contraceptive would change how he felt about me | 0 | 0.0 |
| 41 | Sex was unwanted | 0 | 0.0 |
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Doctor issues | | |
| 42 | I could not get to see a doctor for contraception | 5 | 5.1 |
| 43 | The doctor gave me the wrong information | 3 | 2.7 |
| 44 | The doctor refused to give me contraception | 0 | 0.3 |
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