3rd Child Less Likely to be an Intended Birth
by Steven Davies on Jun 11, 2013 | Views: 85 | Score: 0
| Intended Births | |
|---|---|
| 1st birth | 83.5 |
| 2nd birth | 80.3 |
| 3rd or higher-order birth | 65.1 |
% of inteded births (at conception) for married mothers
Sources:
cdc.gov
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For married mothers in the U.S., the first birth is more likely to be intended than following births. By the third or higher-order birth, the percentage of intended births drops by 18.4%, indicating that for many parents, conceiving the third child was an accident.