Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of undocumented migrants vs. women with legal residency status (control group) who had voluntary termination of pregnancy (ToP) at the Geneva University Hospitals, Switzerland between March 2005 and October 2006
| Characteristic or measurement |
Undocumented (n = 175) |
Missing n (%) |
Control group (n = 208) |
Missing n (%) |
p-value |
| Mean age in years (SD) | 28.0 (5.5) | 0 | 28.2 (7.5) | 0 | 0.77 |
| Continent of origin (%) | Latin America 78.2, Europe 0.6, Asia 8.0, Africa 13.2 | 1 (0.6) | Europe 82.0, Lat.-America 7.3, Africa 8.7, Asia 1.5, Australia 0.5 | 2 (1.0) | <0.001 |
| Nationality (%) | Bolivia 43.3, Brazil 13.7, Equator 9.1, Cameroun 6.3, Mongolia 4.0, Philippines 2.3, Colombia 2.9 | 1 (0.6) | Switzerland 51.9, Portugal 11.1, France 5.8, Brazil 3.4, Spain 2.9 | 2 (1.0) | <0.001 |
| Civil status: | <0.001 | ||||
| Single | 69.5% | 1 (0.6) | 79.9% | 6 (2.9) | |
| Married | 17.2% | 1 (0.6) | 19.8% | 6 (2.9) | |
| Divorced | 12.6% | 1 (0.6) | 0.5% | 6 (2.9) | |
| Widowed | 0.6% | 1 (0.6) | 0% | 6 (2.9) | |
| Education: | |||||
| Education years (SD) | 12.3 (3.3) | 12 (6.9) | 12.8 (3.5) | 2 (1.0) | 0.19 |
| Highest achieved education: | 0.006 | ||||
| Primary school | 5.5% | 12 (6.9) | 1.5% | 2 (1.0) | |
| Secondary school | 40.5% | 12 (6.9) | 56.3% | 2 (1.0) | |
| High school degree | 34.4% | 12 (6.9) | 24.3% | 2 (1.0) | |
| University | 19.6% | 12 (6.9) | 18.0% | 2 (1.0) | |
| Years living in Geneva (SD) | 3.8 (7.4) | 4 (2.3) | 14.8 (10.6) | 3 (1.4) | <0.001 |