Table 4.

Adjusted odds ratios of reporting abortion is ‘always wrong’ in South Africa in 2013.

Variable	Foetal anomaly***		Poverty***		Both cases***
	(n= 2477)		(n = 2481)		(n = 2459)
	OR	SD	OR	SD	OR	SD
Race/ethnicity (African-isiXhosa ref)
African-isiZulu	2.08*	0.43	3.59**	0.43	1.95*	0.43
African-Sepedi	2.74*	0.3	4.24**	0.30	2.65*	0.30
African-Setswana	2.49*	0.29	5.29***	0.29	2.90**	0.29
African-Sesotho	3.59**	0.27	5.03***	0.27	2.90**	0.27
African-other	2.38*	0.31	3.72**	0.31	2.36*	0.31
Coloured-Afrikaans	2.02*	0.24	3.14***	0.24	1.94*	0.24
Coloured-English	2.87*	0.16	2.07	0.15	2.64*	0.15
Indian-any	1.64	0.17	1.38	0.17	1.39	0.17
White-Afrikaans	1.82	0.23	2.86**	0.23	1.86	0.23
White-English	1.03	0.19	1.21	0.19	1.06	0.19
Education (primary or less ref)
Some secondary	0.69*	0.49	0.99	0.49	0.62**	0.49
Completed secondary	0.63*	0.47	0.65	0.47	0.57**	0.47
Some tertiary	0.39**	0.30	0.63	0.30	0.36***	0.30
Economic class (lower class ref)
Working class	0.97	0.42	1.27	0.42	0.98	0.42
Middle/upper class	0.87	0.48	1.08	0.48	0.91	0.48
Province (Western Cape ref)
Eastern Cape	1.71	0.34	2.29*	0.32	1.66	0.32
Northern Cape	1.58	0.14	2.50*	0.13	1.41	0.13
Free State	0.93	0.23	3.10**	0.23	1.10	0.23
KwaZulu-Natal	0.81	0.41	1.87	0.39	0.77	0.39
Northwest	1.56	0.25	2.11	0.25	1.52	0.25
Gauteng	2.55**	0.40	2.31**	0.44	2.61**	0.44
Mpumalanga	0.89	0.27	0.92	0.26	0.82	0.27
Limpopo	2.58*	0.33	2.55	0.31	2.69*	0.31
Urbanicity (urban-formal ref)
Urban-informal	1.38	0.29	1.32	0.29	1.57	0.29
Rural	1.05	0.45	0.95	0.45	0.96	0.45

All models controlled for gender, age, religion and political attitudes.

OR = odds ratio; SD = standard deviation.

^***p < .001;

^**p < .01;

^*p < .05;

Significantly greater odds are bolded and significantly lower odds italicised.