Table 1.

Background characteristics of pregnancies ending in births and induced abortions in Finland 1996-2006

	All pregnancies			First pregnancies
	Births	Induced abortions	Induced abortions, %	Births	Induced abortions	Induced abortions, %
N	622 671	114 518	15.5	197 120	45 964	18.9
Age
Less than 20	17 517	24 798	58.5	13 202	21 016	61.3
20-24	103 343	27 997	21.3	51 647	14 801	22.2
25-29	199 249	21 532	9.7	73 937	6 073	7.6
30-34	188 793	18 989	9.1	42 969	2 574	5.6
35-39	92 810	14 646	13.5	13 235	1 120	7.7
40 or more	20 959	6 556	23.5	2 130	380	14.8
Marital status
Married	376 705	23 931	5.9	95 184	1 373	1.4
Cohabiting	150 070	18 779	11.1	62 148	5 530	8.1
Single	85 033	71 805	45.7	35 675	39 061	52.2
Previous births
0	257 119	58 791	18.6	-	-	-
1	206 033	20 385	9.0	-	-	-
2	97 137	21 717	18.2	-	-	-
3 or more	61 023	13 625	18.2	-	-	-
Previous induced abortions
0	542 605	79 404	12.7	-	-	-
1 or more	78 214	35 092	30.8	-	-	-
Socioeconomic position
Upper-white collar w.	108 957	6 270	5.4	37 597	1 632	4.1
Lower-white collar w.	236 149	23 341	9.0	69 481	5 446	7.3
Blue-collar worker	95 751	15 464	13.9	27 529	4 026	12.7
Student	55 481	28 442	33.8	28 769	20 908	42.0
Other	126 333	41 001	24.4	33 744	13 952	29.1

Excluding 2711 and 704 induced abortions due to fetal reasons.