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. Unidades: relative 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 1,17 1,9 2,18 .. .. 3,06 .. .. .. 0,71 .. .. 0,62 1,77 .. 4,87 1,96 .. 4,51 .. Problems or health discomfort 17,08 18,43 11,96 7,49 16,28 20,85 8,7 13,88 17,44 10,87 20,03 14,04 21,23 21,27 30,36 26,14 12,85 15,63 14,56 10,38 Pregnancies, deliveries and child care are hard for females 5,68 4,11 7,62 .. 2,74 4,47 2,07 11,27 5,2 10,86 6,4 .. 4,08 2,43 5,9 7,11 5,65 .. .. 17,32 Too old to have children 9,38 8,78 3,86 4,74 5,8 3,57 14,32 12,62 8,17 6,73 8,95 9,87 8,41 16,39 6,94 8,1 15,95 4,61 2,78 .. Wish or need to work away from home 14,06 11,95 7,83 1,21 19,11 24,54 19,61 21,6 4,89 13,22 13,13 10,97 19,36 13,97 3,42 11,23 22,65 8,84 7,34 32,7 Lack of economic resources 30,82 35,85 24,27 48,68 33,62 24,54 47,43 28,47 16,45 32 21,9 13,89 37,15 36,86 16,13 17,74 33 14,12 25,96 50,88 Small dwelling 5,93 5,59 2,44 11,16 .. 8,62 6,1 9,47 5,06 3,01 4,63 0,93 4,59 13,77 .. 4,88 2,26 .. 19,07 17,45 Excess of work in the household 2,94 4,53 1,49 1,11 4,97 .. .. 3,54 3,25 4,51 1,09 .. 5,13 2,51 1,33 .. 0,88 .. .. 5,23 Lack or scarcity of nursery schools or kindergartens 2,92 4,38 .. .. .. 2,8 .. 2,68 .. 1,54 3,1 .. 3,19 5,5 3,94 4,73 2,6 .. .. 20,59 Because of my marital status 5,13 3,19 7,62 2,8 1,54 4,81 5,03 6,35 5,73 7,51 2,78 8,96 7,5 5,77 4,9 7,82 .. .. 23,37 .. Because of my partner's marital status 0,39 0,19 .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,07 0,3 0,75 .. 1,68 .. .. .. 1,6 .. .. .. Because of unemployment (myself or partner) 6,76 14,21 .. 24,98 3,96 2,22 8,77 7,03 2,37 1,61 5,46 8,49 6,43 5,19 3,64 6,84 7,41 3,85 6,78 .. Fear of child being born with health problems 4,35 6,01 5,5 7,16 4,29 1,29 2,17 6,8 5,45 1,99 4,06 7,76 4,26 4,41 2,37 2,27 4,85 .. .. .. Because this means losing freedom and not having time to carry out other activities 1,49 0,69 .. 1,16 3,85 .. .. 7,26 0,68 1,26 1,83 0,68 1,37 0,89 .. 1,09 4,31 .. 3,82 .. Because of the worries and problems of bringing up children 9,78 10,07 13,89 32,16 9,76 4,36 4,24 11,03 9,78 13,43 6,78 4,7 9,51 7,25 5,6 10,21 6,27 3,74 3,82 13,76 Because up until now have not completed the desired size of family 36,42 35,34 45,4 18,44 22,16 40,11 18,09 35,23 47,26 35,67 52,84 48,04 31,55 30,61 41,97 25,87 29,6 58,83 31,71 26,62 Notas: Fuente: National Statistics Institute