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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: BMJ Sex Reprod Health. 2020 Dec 23;47(3):200–204. doi: 10.1136/bmjsrh-2020-200849

Table 3.

Reasons women accessed Women on Web by time period

Reason Jan–Mar 2018 (n=212) n (%) Jan–Mar 2019 (n=95) n (%) Difference in proportion % P value*
I would rather keep it private 55 (25.9) 39 (41.1) +15.2 0.008
Abortion pills are not available in my country 81 (38.2) 12 (12.6) −25.6 <0.001
I do not want to deal with protestors 11 (5.2) 10 (10.5) +5.3 0.087
My partner is abusive 5 (2.4) 8 (8.4) +6.0 0.015
I need it to be a secret from my family/partner 26 (12.3) 30 (31.6) +19.3 <0.001
Distance 72 (34.0) 15 (15.8) −18.2 0.001
Cost 86 (40.6) 32 (33.7) −6.9 0.252
Stigma 19 (9.0) 21 (22.1) +13.1 0.002
Legal restrictions 188 (88.7) 42 (44.2) −44.5 <0.001
*

z-test for difference in proportion.

Women could provide more than one reason, consequently the sum of proportions is greater than 100 for each time period.