Table 1.
Sixteen-item scale measuring ILAS
| Item | Statement | Not worried (%) | A little worried (%) | Quite worried (%) | Extremely worried (%) |
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| 1 | Other people might find out about my abortion | 39.8 | 20.2 | 19.1 | 20.9 |
| 2 | I will disappoint someone I love | 46.3 | 23.8 | 14.9 | 14.9 |
| 3 | I will be humiliated if people know about the abortion | 42.7 | 19.1 | 19.9 | 18.3 |
| 4 | People will gossip about me | 40.6 | 18.1 | 22.0 | 19.4 |
| 5 | I will be rejected by someone I love | 46.1 | 25.7 | 13.4 | 14.9 |
| 6 | People will judge me negatively for my decision | 42.7 | 22.8 | 18.9 | 15.7 |
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| 7 | I can talk to people that I am close with about my abortion | 22.8 | 33.8 | 39.8 | 3.7 |
| 8 | I feel supported by people that I am close with about having this abortion | 19.9 | 36.9 | 40.6 | 2.6 |
| 9 | I can trust people I am close to with information about my abortion | 20.4 | 35.1 | 40.8 | 3.7 |
| 10 | I feel guilty about my decision | 19.1 | 38.2 | 29.1 | 13.6 |
| 11 | I feel confident that I am making the right decision | 5.0 | 14.9 | 58.1 | 22.0 |
| 12 | I feel like a bad person | 20.7 | 45.8 | 26.7 | 6.8 |
| 13 | I feel ashamed about my decision | 20.9 | 43.2 | 27.2 | 8.6 |
| 14 | I feel relieved that I am not pregnant anymore | 0.5 | 2.9 | 47.9 | 48.7 |
| 15 | I feel selfish about it | 20.7 | 52.1 | 24.1 | 3.1 |
| 16 | I feel positive about my decision | 1.8 | 12.8 | 53.7 | 31.7 |
Note: Cronbach’s alpha statistics =0.9122.
Abbreviation: ILAS, individual-level abortion stigma.