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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Contraception. 2018 Sep 11;98(6):510–516. doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2018.07.135

Table 2.

Demographic and reproductive characteristics of adolescent and nonadolescent postabortion care patients, Uganda 2013

Adolescents
(N=351)c 		Nonadolescents
(N=1807)c
N % N % p value
Marital status .001
 In union 84 18.9 1034 53.9
 Not in union 266 81.1 770 46.1
Pregnancy intention .02
 Unintended 215 71.7 887 54.9
 Intended 115 28.3 860 45.1
Gestation (reported by provider) .35
 Second trimester or later 109 25.8 474 22.7
 First trimester 242 74.2 1333 77.3
Who helped interfere with the pregnancya .07
 Medical professional 60 30.2 186 43.1
 Other 105 69.8 260 56.9
Delay in reaching health facility
(mean number of days)		 2.5 2.1 .17
Severity of complications .12
 Mild/moderate 269 77.0 1451 81.6
 Severe 82 23.0 356 18.4
Received postabortion family planning .12
 Received modern contraceptive method 127 47.4 595 40.4
 No modern contraceptive method received 209 52.6 1151 59.7
Residence .67
 Urban 105 31.7 575 29.9
 Rural 246 68.3 1217 70.2
Highest level of education .004
 No education 9 3.8 173 7.8
 Some or completed primary 180 47.8 770 45.3
 Some or completed secondary 143 42.9 528 31.2
 Higher than secondary 17 5.6 332 15.7
Had previous pregnancy .000
 Yes 135 38.0 1573 89.0
 No 215 62.0 214 11.0
Using contraceptive method at time of current pregnancy .02
 Yes 70 24.5 637 36.9
 No 281 75.5 1148 63.1
Interfered with pregnancy .002
 Yes 169 54.3 450 30.4
 No 179 45.7 1342 69.6
Had previous abortionb .03
 Yes 33 25.0 170 12.1
 No 102 75.0 1403 87.9
 Total 135 100.0 1573 100.0
a

Among women who reported interference with the pregnancy.

b

Among women who reported a previous pregnancy.

c

Marital status was missing for 1 adolescent and 3 nonadolescents; pregnancy intention was missing for 20 adolescents and 60 nonadolescents; who helped interfere with pregnancy was missing for 4 adolescents and 4 nonadolescents; receipt of postabortion family planning was missing for 15 adolescents and 61 nonadolescents; residence was missing for 15 nonadolescents; educational attainment was missing for 2 adolescents and 4 nonadolescents; previous pregnancy was missing for 1 adolescent and 20 nonadolescents; using contraceptive method at time of current pregnancy was missing for 22 nonadolescents; interfered with pregnancy was missing for 3 adolescents and 15 nonadolescents.