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Contraceptive services were provided to interested volunteers free of charge. Interviewers collected data on sociodemographics, sexual behavior, reproductive health outcomes, and substance use. Pregnancy was determined by testing for beta-human chorionic gonadotropin hormone in urine. The pregnancy incidence rate was estimated using the Kaplan\u2013Meier technique, and logistic regression was used to determine the correlates of pregnancy.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      We included 285 volunteers with a mean age of 19.9 [standard deviation (SD),\u2009\u00b1\u20092.24]\u2005years; 54.7% had attained secondary school education or higher, 57.2% were single (never married), 92.6% reported engaging in transactional sex, 21.0% reported sex work as their main job, 51.9% consumed alcohol in the month prior to the interview, of whom 12.8% consumed alcohol daily, and 25.3% had\n                      <jats:italic>Chlamydia trachomatis<\/jats:italic>\n                      \/\n                      <jats:italic>Neisseria gonorrhoeae<\/jats:italic>\n                      . The mean age at first sexual intercourse was 15.7 (SD, \u00b12.1)\u2005years. We recorded 44 pregnancies over 187.2 person-years of follow-up, an incidence of 23.5 per 100 person-years [95% confidence interval (CI), 17.5\u201331.6]. Incident pregnancies were more likely among volunteers who had \u226510 sexual partners in the past 3 months [adjusted risk ratio (aRR) 1.97; 95% CI, 1.05\u20133.70] and those who reported not using contraception (aRR 5.89; 95% CI, 2.74\u201312.66). Incident pregnancies were less likely among those who reported alcohol consumption in the past month (aRR 0.52; 95% CI, 0.30\u20130.90).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The incidence of unintended pregnancy was high despite the availability of free contraceptive services. We recommend sociobehavioral studies to explore this further. 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