the independent variables available in the data included place of residence age age at marriage education level children ever born prior experience of abortion or stillbirth and contraceptive use prior to pregnancy which are found to be correlated with pregnancy intention in the ilfs data in addition to these variables the region of residence four selected provinces was added to the analysis and children ever bom was replaced by pregnancy order the ilfs further provides information that allows for exploration of the association between pregnancy intention and the outcome of pregnancy in relation to the timing of pregnancy pregnancies are divided into three cohorts those that occurred at an early age years before during the period from to and during the period from to