Table 1.

Socio-demographic characteristics of respondents (R) at time of abortion

R (n = 9)	Age	No. of children	Relationship status	Occupation	Abortion method	Abortion provider	Other details
1	19	0	Partner	Selling vegetables	Surgical	Not sure	Tricked into abortion by her partner
2	20	0	Partner	University student	Medical	Chemist	Tricked into abortion by her partner
3	22	1	No relationship	University student	Medical	Physician at public hospital	Safe abortion
4	22	0	Partner	College student	Surgical	Chemist	Repeat abortion
5	25	0	Engaged	Primary school teacher	Medical	Physician at private clinic	Safe abortion
6	26	2	No relationship	Food preparation at hotel	Medical	Chemist
7	29	1	No relationship	Unemployed	Medical	Physician at private clinic	HIV+
8	32	4	Married	Primary school teacher	Surgical	Chemist	HIV+ and pregnant with twins
9	32	4	Married	Unemployed	Overdose of malaria drugs	Self-administered