Table 2.
Assessing associations between participant characteristics and knowledge of legal abortion. A bivariate analysis
| Characteristic, % | Know that abortion is legal | Do not know that abortion is legal | P-value |
| Total | 68.7 | 31.3 | |
| Region | |||
| Urban region | 71.5 | 28.5 | <0.01 |
| Rural region | 60.3 | 39.7 | |
| Age (years) | |||
| 15–19 | 68.3 | 31.7 | 0.5 |
| 20–29 | 68.7 | 31.3 | |
| 30–39 | 67.0 | 33.0 | |
| 40–49 | 75.2 | 24.8 | |
| Education | |||
| Less than secondary school | 62.6 | 37.4 | 0.1 |
| Secondary school or above | 69.4 | 30.6 | |
| Marital status | |||
| Married | 67.0 | 33.0 | 0.4 |
| Unmarried | 70.0 | 30.0 | |
| Main language spoken | |||
| IsiXhosa | 69.2 | 30.8 | 0.6 |
| Afrikaans | 67.4 | 32.6 | |
| English | 75.8 | 24.2 | |
| Other | 75.0 | 25.0 | |
| Last pregnancy unintended | |||
| Yes | 69.4 | 30.6 | 0.8 |
| No | 68.4 | 31.6 | |
| Method used at last sexual intercourse | |||
| No method | 65.0 | 35.0 | <0.01 |
| OC/injectable/sterilization | 80.0 | 20.0 | |
| Male condom/female condom | 79.5 | 20.5 | |
| Heard of EC | |||
| Yes | 82.4 | 17.6 | <0.001 |
| No | 62.9 | 37.1 |