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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Obstet Gynecol. 2018 Dec;132(6):1443–1452. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000002950

Table 2.

Proportion of webpage results that facilitated, did not facilitate, and hindered abortion self-referral

Characteristic Facilitated
abortion self-
referral
Did not facilitate
abortion self-referral
Hindered
abortion self-
referral
P
All webpages (n=5,800) 3,066 (52.9) 1,984 (34.2) 750 (12.9)
Search engine 0.71
 A (n=1,977) 1,052 (53.2) 674 (34.1) 251 (12.7)
 B (n=1,795) 957 (53.3) 618 (34.4) 220 (12.3)
 C (n=2,028) 1,057 (52.1) 692 (34.1) 279 (13.8)
Search strategy 0.13
 ”Abortion” and city (n=1,990) 1,027 (51.6) 703 (35.3) 260 (13.1)
 ”Abortion clinic” and city
 (n=1,925)
1,018 (52.9) 676 (35.1) 231 (12.0)
 ”Where to get an abortion”
 and city (n=1,885)
1,021 (54.2) 605 (32.1) 259 (13.7)
Subregion <0.001
 New England (n=520) 308 (59.2) 136 (26.2) 76 (14.6)
 Middle Atlantic (n=439) 252 (57.4) 131 (29.8) 56 (12.8)
 South Atlantic (n=938) 654 (69.7) 213 (22.7) 71 (7.6)
 East South Central (n=428) 205 (47.9) 189 (44.2) 34 (7.9)
 West South Central (n=758) 369 (48.7) 283 (37.3) 106 (14.0)
 East North Central (n=588) 349 (59.4) 179 (30.4) 60 (10.2)
 West North Central (n=614) 163 (26.7) 302 (49.2) 149 (24.3)
 Mountain (n=675) 320 (47.4) 250 (37.0) 105 (15.6)
 Pacific (n=840) 446 (53.1) 301 (35.8) 93 (11.1)
Distance to abortion provider <0.001
 <50 miles (n=4,494) 2,710 (60.3) 1,349 (30.0) 435 (9.7)
 50 -<100 miles (n=962) 291 (30.3) 452 (47.0) 219 (22.8)
 ≥100 miles (n=344) 65 (18.9) 183 (53.2) 96 (27.9)