Table 2: Socio-demographic
characteristic of study participants, induced abortion and other forms of
abortion.
|
Characteristics |
Total
(%) |
Induced
abortion (%) |
Other
forms of abortion‡ (%) |
p-value |
|
Age in years |
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|
< 25 |
33 (42.9) |
14 (42.4) |
19 (57.6) |
0.241 |
|
25 years and above |
44 (57.1) |
13 (29.6) |
31 (70.4) |
|
|
Educational level |
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|
No formal education |
30 (39.0) |
9 (30.0) |
21 (70.0) |
0.731 |
|
Primary or secondary level |
35 (45.4) |
13 (37.1) |
22 (62.9) |
|
|
Higher secondary and above |
12 (15.6) |
5(41.7) |
7(58.3) |
|
|
Occupation |
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|
House wife |
46 (59.7) |
13 (28.3) |
33 (71.7) |
0.251 |
|
Private employee |
22 (28.6) |
9 (40.9) |
13 (59.1) |
|
|
Others |
9 (11.7) |
5 (55.6) |
4 (44.4) |
|
|
Marital status |
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|
Married |
71 (93.4) |
22 (31.0) |
49 (69.0) |
0.044* |
|
Others† |
5 (6.6) |
4 (80.0) |
1 (20.0) |
|
|
No of children |
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|
No
child |
26 (34.2) |
11 (42.3) |
15 (57.7) |
0.472 |
|
1-2 children |
37 (48.7) |
12 (32.4) |
25 (67.6) |
|
|
3-5 children |
13 (17.1) |
3 (23.1) |
10 (76.9) |
|
|
Months of pregnancy |
26 (34.2) |
|
|
|
|
1 |
27 (35.5) |
16 (57.1) |
12 (42.9) |
0.01* |
|
2 |
21 (27.6) |
5 (18.5) |
22 (81.5) |
|
|
3-5 |
2 (2.6) |
6 (28.6) |
15 (71.4) |
|
|
Contraception |
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|
Yes |
52 (67.5) |
19 (36.5) |
33 (63.5) |
0.696 |
|
No |
25 (32.5) |
8 (32.0) |
17 (68.0) |
|
‡Other forms of abortion include-
spontaneous and habitual abortion.
*Significant
at p-value of 0.05.
†Others include- single, students, living together and
divorcee.