Table 2.
Abortion complication severity distribution by socio-demographic and other characteristics
| Level of morbidity severity | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Low | Moderate | Severe | Number | Uncorrected Chi2; design-based F*; p value |
| Age category | |||||
| 10-19 years | 16.7 | 38.2 | 45.1 | 334 | 23.05; 1.94; p = 0.1068 |
| 20-24 years | 24.1 | 41.5 | 34.4 | 807 | |
| 25 + years | 24.2 | 40.1 | 35.8 | 1,476 | |
| Residence | |||||
| Urban | 23.6 | 39.9 | 36.5 | 1,386 | 0.75; 0.05; p = 0.9371 |
| Rural | 22.3 | 40.3 | 37.4 | 1,235 | |
| Marital status | |||||
| Never married | 21.6 | 33.8 | 44.7 | 757 | 86.80; 7.02; p = 0.0001 |
| Married | 24.5 | 44.1 | 31.5 | 1,698 | |
| Divorced | 14.4 | 29.9 | 55.7 | 162 | |
| Education | |||||
| No education | 21.7 | 43.8 | 34.5 | 158 | |
| Primary | 19.3 | 40.5 | 40.2 | 961 | |
| Secondary | 24.0 | 38.3 | 37.6 | 948 | 36.40; 1.73; p = 0.1196 |
| Post-secondary | 30.7 | 41.0 | 28.2 | 543 | |
| Occupation | |||||
| Farmer/unskilled | 18.6 | 37.0 | 44.4 | 587 | |
| Skilled/cleric | 28.4 | 42.8 | 28.8 | 683 | |
| Student | 18.3 | 34.6 | 47.1 | 383 | 66.30; 3.28; p = 0.0051 |
| Unemployed | 24.2 | 42.5 | 33.4 | 963 | |
| Religion | |||||
| Christians | 23.3 | 39.1 | 37.6 | 2,367 | |
| Muslims | 22.5 | 46.0 | 31.5 | 216 | 21.9; 0.90; p = 0.4840 |
| Others | 10.1 | 53.3 | 36.7 | 42 | |
| Parity | |||||
| 1-2 | 22.9 | 42.0 | 35.1 | 1,375 | |
| 3-4 | 24.9 | 37.2 | 37.9 | 787 | 11.50; 0.87; p = 0.4722 |
| 5+ | 19.9 | 39.6 | 40.5 | 457 | |
| Previous abortion | |||||
| Zero | 22.9 | 40.3 | 36.8 | 2,027 | 0.14; 0.01; p = 0.9763 |
| 1+ previous abortions | 22.8 | 39.7 | 37.5 | 587 | |
| Pregnancy wanted-ness | |||||
| Wanted then | 27.9 | 49.3 | 22.8 | 1,081 | |
| Wanted later | 21.2 | 37.4 | 41.4 | 645 | 207.49; 9.42; p < 0.0001 |
| Did not want | 18.8 | 29.8 | 51.4 | 800 | |
| Don’t know | 16.5 | 52.9 | 30.6 | 81 | |
| Interference/induced | |||||
| No | 27.1 | 46.7 | 26.2 | 1,886 | 303.26; 43.19; p < 0.0001 |
| Yes | 14.7 | 27.3 | 58.0 | 722 | |
| Gestation age | |||||
| <=12 weeks | 26.1 | 41.1 | 32.8 | 1,652 | 45.15; 6.88; p = 0.0011 |
| >12 Weeks | 18.1 | 38.6 | 43.3 | 973 | |
| Delay | |||||
| <=6 hours | 35.1 | 43.4 | 21.5 | 506 | |
| 7-48 hours | 20.5 | 48.1 | 31.4 | 724 | 175.10; 8.62; p <0.0001 |
| 3-7 days | 18.9 | 38.8 | 42.4 | 865 | |
| More than 7 days | 17.7 | 28.6 | 53.7 | 381 | |
| Referred | |||||
| Not referred | 23.7 | 42.6 | 33.6 | 1,823 | 45.10; 6.84; p = 0.0022 |
| Referred | 20.1 | 33.0 | 46.9 | 791 | |
| Level of health facility | |||||
| Level 2 | 13.9 | 42.3 | 43.9 | 228 | |
| Level 3 | 28.8 | 30.6 | 40.6 | 796 | |
| Level 4 | 23.4 | 47.7 | 29.0 | 895 | 150.80; 4.59; p = 0.0006 |
| Level 5 | 35.4 | 42.0 | 22.5 | 530 | |
| Level 6 | 8.0 | 61.4 | 30.7 | 176 | |
| Region | |||||
| Central & Nairobi | 24.3 | 37.1 | 38.6 | 838 | |
| Coast & North Eastern | 19.1 | 57.3 | 23.6 | 399 | |
| Eastern | 37.8 | 30.5 | 31.7 | 362 | 106.46; 2.25; p = 0.0322 |
| Nyanza & Western | 19.6 | 38.7 | 41.7 | 505 | |
| Rift valley | 22.8 | 37.5 | 39.7 | 521 | |
| Total | 22.9 | 40.1 | 37.1 | 2625 | |
*Rao and Scott second-order corrected Pearson statistic.