Table 2:

Unadjusted associations between abortion attitude scores and sociodemographic characteristics

	n	Mean abortion attitude score	Standard Deviation	p-value
Age group, years				<0.001
17 to 19	4,698	3.08	2.73
20 to 29	15,253	3.07	2.66
30 to 39	14,283	3.22	2.73
40 to 49	12,618	3.35	2.83
50 to 59	10,301	3.54	2.87
60 to 69	7,468	3.65	2.95
70+	5,280	3.50	2.84
Gender				<0.001
Male	33,308	3.24	2.76
Female	36,558	3.38	2.82
Education				<0.001
No formal education	3,360	2.06	1.97
Some or completed primary	10,802	2.70	2.53
Some or completed secondary technical	18,808	3.19	2.72
Some or completed secondary	17,082	3.35	2.76
Some or completed university	19,205	3.92	2.98
Marital status				<0.001
Married	39,399	3.17	2.71
Unmarried/single	17,394	3.28	2.78
Living together as married	4,465	4.09	3.18
Divorced or separated	4,175	4.12	3.03
Widowed	4,285	3.14	2.64
Religiosity				<0.001
Very important	34,053	2.30	2.18
Rather important	14,395	3.44	2.62
Not very important	11,812	4.52	2.91
Not at all important	8,724	5.37	3.18
Employment				<0.001
Full time, part time or self-employed	38,499	3.45	2.84
Retired	8,854	3.56	2.83
Housewife	10,367	2.80	2.56
Student	5,436	3.25	2.77
Unemployed	5,515	2.95	2.68
Other employment status	983	3.38	2.86
A university education is more important for a boy than for a girl				<0.001
Strongly agree	6,477	2.46	2.32
Agree	9,668	2.87	2.42
Disagree	30,856	3.30	2.73
Strongly disagree	21,307	3.77	3.08
Abortion policy restriction				<0.001
More restrictive	33,867	2.55	2.39
Less restrictive	35,045	4.09	2.96

Results are from unadjusted Student’s T-tests and one way ANOVA comparisons of mean abortion attitude scores. P-values significant at p<0.05.

^*Sub-samples based on missing data: Age: n=69,792; Female: n=69,866; Education: n=69,257; Marital status: n=69,718; Religiosity: n=68,984; Employment: n=69,654; Gender equality in education: n=68,308, Abortion policy restriction: n=68,912