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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Feb 11.
Published in final edited form as: Womens Health Issues. 2020 Feb 21;30(3):176–183. doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2020.01.004

Table 1.

Characteristics of Women Recontacted for the Follow-up Survey and In-depth Interviews

Follow-up Survey (n = 222)
In-depth Interview (n = 38)
n (%) n (%)
Age, years
 18–24
84 (37.8) 12 (31.6)
 25–29 69 (31.1) 15 (39.5)
 30–34 42 (18.9) 6 (15.8)
 35–45 27 (12.2) 5 (13.2)
Race*
 Black
192 (86.9) 32 (84.2)
 White 25 (11.3) 5 (13.2)
 Other/multiracial 4 (1.8) 1 (2.6)
Educational attainment*
 High school or less
61 (27.6) 14 (36.8)
 Some college 118 (53.4) 18 (47.4)
 College degree 42 (19.0) 6 (15.8)
Number of children
 0
57 (25.7) 5 (13.2)
 1 70 (31.5) 14 (36.8)
 ≥2
Future fertility intentions*
95 (42.8) 19 (50.0)
 Wants a child in ≤2 years, unsure 51 (23.1) 7 (18.4)
 Wants a child in ≥3 years, does not want more 170 (76.9) 31 (81.6)
Prior abortion
 Yes
93 (41.9) 18 (47.4)
 No 129 (58.1) 20 (52.6)
Insurance*
 Commercial
91 (41.2) 6 (15.8)
 Medicaid or Medicaid family planning waiver 66 (29.9) 19 (50.0)
 None 64 (29.0) 13 (34.2)
Source for women’s health care
 Private doctor
111 (50.0) 17 (44.7)
 Public health department 54 (24.3) 12 (31.6)
 Federally qualified health center 23 (10.4) 2 (5.3)
 Family planning clinic/other 15 (6.8) 3 (7.9)
 No regular source 19 (8.6) 4 (10.5)
Prior barriers accessing reproductive health care
 Yes
163 (73.4) 28 (73.7)
 No 59 (26.6) 10 (26.3)
Type of abortion
 Medication
128 (57.7) 22 (57.9)
 Surgical <12 weeks 56 (25.2) 12 (31.6)
 Surgical ≥12 weeks 26 (11.7) 4 (10.5)
 Miscarriage 12 (5.4) 0
Difficulty paying for abortion care
 Somewhat/very easy
63 (30.0) 9 (23.7)
 Somewhat/very difficult 147 (70.0) 29 (76.3)
Geographic residence
 Same county as clinic
82 (36.9) 11 (29.0)
 Other county 140 (63.1) 27 (71.0)
*

Information missing for one survey participant.

Not asked of women who reported having a miscarriage.