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. 2020 Sep 22;2020:2856502. doi: 10.1155/2020/2856502

Table 3.

Participants' knowledge of a place and complication of abortion at Hawassa University, SNNPR, Ethiopia, April 2019.

Characteristics Number %
Have you heard about emergency contraceptive drug? Yes 406 96.2
No 9 2.1
Not sure 7 1.7

Did you use emergency contraceptive following sex? Yes 326 77.3
No 96 22.7

Have you had abortion? Yes 290 68.7
No 132 31.3

Reasons for undertaking abortion Because it affects my education 98 33.7
Because I cannot raise a child 96 33.1
To protect social stigma 65 22.4
Because I got pregnant due to sexual assault 22 7.6
Others 11 3.2

Did you know where abortion is performed legally? Yes 265 62.8
No 156 37.0
Am not sure 1 0.2

Respondent place of performing abortion Community pharmacy 76 26.4
Health center 104 35.8
Private clinic 109 37.5
Traditional 1 0.3

How long since undertaking of abortion? 1 month 72 24.8
2 months 114 39.3
3 months 90 31.0
Do not know 14 4.9

Did you face infection during abortion? Yes 87 30.0
No 203 70.0

Did you face bleeding during abortion? Yes 15 5.1
No 275 94.9

Type of procedure Medication 156 53.8
Instrument 134 46.2

If your partner does not volunteer to use a condom, what would you do? Stop sexual intercourse 222 52.6
Try to convince them to use condom 177 41.9
Practice sexual intercourse without using condom 23 5.5