Table 2.
Socio-demographic factors and other characteristics of the study sample
| Variable | Induced abortion n(%) n=87 |
No induced abortion n(%) n=321 |
Total | Chi-square test for trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age category: (years) | p=0.007 | |||
| 15–24 | 15(17.2) | 108(33.7) | 123 | |
| 25–34 | 43(49.4) | 131(40.8) | 174 | |
| 35–44 | 22(25.3) | 72(22.4) | 94 | |
| 45–49 | 7(8.1) | 10(3.1) | 17 | |
| Total | 87(100.0) | 321(100.0) | 408 | |
| Marital status: | p=0.01 | |||
| Married | 41(47.1) | 199(62.0) | 240 | |
| Single | 46(52.9) | 122(38.0) | 168 | |
| Total | 87(100.0) | 321(100.0) | 408 | |
| Education: | p=0.002 | |||
| No formal education | 5(5.7) | 41(12.8) | 46 | |
| Basic (up to JHS*) | 50(57.5) | 217(67.6) | 267 | |
| Secondary or higher | 32(36.8) | 63(19.6) | 95 | |
| Total | 87(100.0) | 321(100.0) | 408 | |
| Residence: | p=0.04 | |||
| Urban | 8(9.2) | 51(15.9) | 59 | |
| Peri-urban | 66(75.9) | 197(61.4) | 263 | |
| Rural | 13(14.9) | 73(22.7) | 86 | |
| Total | 87(100.0) | 321(100.0) | 408 | |
| Employment: | p=0.15 | |||
| Formal | 10(11.5) | 17(5.3) | 27 | |
| Self-employed | 60(69.0) | 227(70.7) | 287 | |
| Unemployed | 13(14.9) | 50(15.6) | 63 | |
| Housewife | 4(4.6) | 27(8.4) | 31 | |
| Total | 87(100.0) | 321(100.0) | 408 |
*
JHS = junior high school