Encuesta de Fecundidad
Preferences and motivations in terms of size of the family. Females, between 15-49 years.
Females who have had less children than desired   reasons why have had less children  AC of residence. 
Units: absolute figures

	Total	Andalucía	Aragón	Asturias (Principado de)	Balears (Illes)	Canarias	Cantabria	Castilla y León	Castilla-La Mancha	Cataluña	Comunidad Valenciana	Extremadura	Galicia	Madrid (Comunidad de)	Murcia (Región de)	Navarra (Comunidad Foral de)	País Vasco	Rioja (La)	Ceuta	Melilla	
Wish to continue studying	20,685	6,341	1,228	..	..	2,853	..	..	..	2,110	..	..	745	4,079	..	1,358	1,802	..	169	..	
Problems or health discomfort	303,152	61,625	6,729	3,247	4,958	19,430	1,537	13,407	12,013	32,195	30,767	7,422	25,615	49,072	14,182	7,285	11,796	994	546	331	
Pregnancies, deliveries and child care are hard for females	100,865	13,741	4,286	..	835	4,169	365	10,889	3,579	32,172	9,828	..	4,919	5,602	2,759	1,982	5,187	..	..	553	
Too old to have children	166,415	29,358	2,170	2,054	1,765	3,330	2,532	12,193	5,627	19,924	13,746	5,216	10,148	37,808	3,241	2,257	14,647	293	104	..	
Wish or need to work away from home	249,398	39,949	4,405	524	5,821	22,876	3,467	20,858	3,371	39,162	20,174	5,796	23,357	32,233	1,599	3,130	20,797	562	275	1,043	
Lack of economic resources	546,797	119,844	13,660	21,100	10,241	22,875	8,385	27,497	11,330	94,767	33,637	7,342	44,818	85,030	7,536	4,943	30,296	898	974	1,624	
Small dwelling	105,196	18,703	1,373	4,835	..	8,036	1,078	9,145	3,483	8,922	7,105	490	5,544	31,773	..	1,360	2,077	..	715	557	
Excess of work in the household	52,235	15,142	839	481	1,515	..	..	3,417	2,236	13,346	1,674	..	6,195	5,791	623	..	809	..	..	167	
Lack or scarcity of nursery schools or kindergartens	51,868	14,630	..	..	..	2,613	..	2,586	..	4,547	4,768	..	3,846	12,678	1,841	1,317	2,385	..	..	657	
Because of my marital status	91,056	10,673	4,288	1,213	470	4,485	890	6,130	3,946	22,237	4,274	4,734	9,051	13,322	2,288	2,180	..	..	876	..	
Because of my partner's marital status	6,905	646	..	..	..	..	..	..	737	888	1,145	..	2,021	..	..	..	1,467	..	..	..	
Because of unemployment (myself or partner)	119,888	47,523	..	10,826	1,206	2,073	1,551	6,788	1,633	4,775	8,380	4,489	7,760	11,974	1,700	1,905	6,805	245	254	..	
Fear of child being born with health problems	77,212	20,093	3,093	3,103	1,307	1,199	383	6,563	3,757	5,882	6,236	4,099	5,138	10,163	1,108	634	4,453	..	..	..	
Because this means losing freedom and not having time to carry out other activities	26,490	2,323	..	503	1,172	..	..	7,015	468	3,729	2,813	360	1,650	2,047	..	304	3,960	..	143	..	
Because of the worries and problems of bringing up children	173,507	33,664	7,820	13,940	2,971	4,068	749	10,648	6,737	39,775	10,409	2,482	11,476	16,731	2,618	2,844	5,754	238	143	439	
Because up until now have not completed the desired size of family	646,241	118,148	25,548	7,992	6,749	37,389	3,199	34,029	32,555	105,621	81,175	25,387	38,060	70,616	19,611	7,208	27,176	3,740	1,190	849	
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Source: National Statistics Institute