Table 3.
Description of clients and abortion care for 27,724 abortion cases at 41 facilities in Bihar accredited under Yukti Yojana, January 2012 to July 2014
| All MTP cases (N = 27,724) | ||
|---|---|---|
| n | (%) | |
| Type of service received | ||
| Induced abortion | 12,627 | (46) |
| Postabortion care | 14,993 | (54) |
| Referred to higher level facility | 104 | (<1) |
| Missing | 0 | |
| Client age, yearsa | ||
| 17–24 | 2381 | (16) |
| ≥ 25 | 12,265 | (82) |
| Missing | 347 | (2) |
| Age | ||
| Mean | 29.9 | |
| (SD) | (11.42) | |
| Client religiona | ||
| Hindu | 13,723 | (92) |
| Muslim | 1182 | (8) |
| Other | 11 | (<1) |
| Missing | 77 | (1) |
| Client education | ||
| Never attended school | 6624 | (24) |
| Primary/middle school | 14,018 | (51) |
| Secondary school or more | 5253 | (19) |
| Missing | 1829 | (7) |
| Client caste | ||
| SC/ST | 4434 | (16) |
| OBC | 14,128 | (51) |
| General | 8155 | (29) |
| Missing | 1007 | (4) |
| Duration of pregnancy at presentation | ||
| ≤ 8 weeks | 16,689 | (60) |
| 9–10 weeks | 7276 | (26) |
| 11–12 weeks | 3306 | (12) |
| > 12 weeks | 163 | (1) |
| Missing | 290 | (1) |
| Mean | 8.4 | |
| (SD) | (1.96) | |
| Appropriate technology for uterine evacuationb | ||
| Yes | 25,821 | (93) |
| No | 545 | (2) |
| Missing | 1254 | (5) |
| Received postabortion contraceptionb | ||
| Yes | 25,635 | (93) |
| No | 744 | (3) |
| Missing | 1241 | (4) |
SC scheduled caste, ST scheduled tribe, OBC other backward classes
aPercentage computed among the 14,993 induced abortion cases because client age and religion were not collected via the Incomplete Abortion Case Register
bPercentage computed among the 27,620 cases not referred to a higher-level facility