Table 2.

Usage of abortion services, types of providers visited and quality of service provisions for most recent abortion attempt among women who experienced induced abortion in the past 3 years at baseline and endline by intervention districts of Bihar and Jharkhand

	HIM districts			LIM districts			Comparison districts
	BL (%) n=28	EL (%) n=45	p Value	BL (%) n=45	EL (%) n=48	p Value	BL (%) n=33	EL (%) n=51	p Value
Attempted termination at home
Yes	32	13	0.05	38	17	0.02	58	31	0.30
No	68	87	0.05	62	83	0.02	42	69	0.30
Method used at home*
Medical method	56	83	0.41	59	75	0.21	50	56	0.68
Other—traditional method†	44	17	0.05	41	25	0.06	50	44	0.36
Provider who performed MTP
Medical doctor confirmed as a trained, legal provider	21	30	0.43	57	41	0.14	35	29	0.62
Medical doctor not confirmed as a trained, legal provider	68	13	<0.01	30	21	0.32	46	16	<0.01
Health worker (legally not allowed to provide abortion)	7	15	0.32	5	2	0.55	12	31	0.06
Informal provider (legally not allowed to provide abortion)	4	43	<0.01	11	39	<0.01	8	24	0.08
Method used for abortion
Surgical method	32	53	0.09	71	66	0.64	54	47	0.56
Medical method (MMA)	57	43	0.23	25	34	0.35	35	31	0.76
Other—traditional method†	11	5	0.37	5	0	–	12	22	0.26
Received contraception
Yes	39	60	0.09	52	59	0.52	42	40	0.85
No	61	40	0.14	48	41	0.52	58	60	0.85
Postabortion complication
Yes	32	42	0.21	20	31	0.15	24	29	0.82
No	68	56	0.81	80	69	0.44	76	71	0.06
Cost of MTP in INR (Median)	1085	1450		1600	1150		1550	800

*Computed among women who attempted induced abortion at home.

†Other—traditional methods include use of herbs, hot oil massage or homemade concoctions.

BL, baseline; EL, endline.