Table 5.
Association between socio-demographic characteristics and induced abortion
| Characteristics | Ever had induced abortion= NO (n=345) |
Ever had induced abortion=YES (n=57) |
Statistical comparison |
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| N | % | N | % | ||
| Age of respondents | |||||
| 18–24 years | 73 | 86.9 | 11 | 13.1 | |
| 25–29 years | 128 | 89.5 | 15 | 10.5 | χ2= 7.512 |
| 30–34 years | 98 | 82.4 | 21 | 17.6 | Df=4 |
| 35–39 years | 36 | 87.8 | 5 | 12.2 | P=0.111 |
| ≥40 years | 10 | 66.7 | 5 | 33.3 | |
| Religion | |||||
| Christianity | 266 | 85.0 | 47 | 15.0 | LR= 1.092 |
| Islam | 78 | 88.6 | 10 | 11.4 | Df=2 |
| Traditional | 1 | 100 | 0 | 0 | P=0.579 |
| Level of education | |||||
| None | 6 | 85.7 | 1 | 14.3 | |
| Primary | 23 | 95.8 | 1 | 4.2 | χ2= 2.813 |
| Secondary | 206 | 84.1 | 39 | 15.9 | Df=3 |
| Tertiary | 110 | 87.3 | 16 | 12.7 | P=0.421 |
| Occupation | |||||
| Housewife | 43 | 97.7 | 1 | 2.3 | |
| Trader | 151 | 84.8 | 27 | 15.2 | χ2= 8.958 |
| Farmer | 3 | 75.0 | 1 | 25.0 | Df=4 |
| Artisan | 87 | 80.6 | 21 | 19.4 | P=0.062 |
| Civil servant | 61 | 89.7 | 7 | 10.3 | |
| Income | |||||
| Less than 5000 naira | 110 | 85.3 | 19 | 14.7 | |
| 5001 – 10000 naira | 114 | 86.4 | 18 | 13.6 | χ2= 0.699 |
| 10001– 20000 naira | 63 | 85.1 | 11 | 14.9 | Df=4 |
| 20001– 50000 naira | 45 | 84.9 | 8 | 15.1 | P=0.938 |
| Above 50000 naira | 13 | 92.9 | 1 | 7.1 | |
| Marriage duration | |||||
| 1 year | 54 | 81.8 | 12 | 18.2 | |
| 2–4 years | 123 | 89.1 | 15 | 10.9 | χ2= 3.083 |
| 5–9 years | 93 | 86.9 | 14 | 13.1 | Df=3 |
| 10 years and above | 75 | 82.4 | 16 | 17.6 | P=0.379 |
| Number of living children | |||||
| 1 child | 120 | 83.3 | 24 | 16.7 | |
| 2 children | 113 | 89.7 | 13 | 10.3 | χ2= 13.697 |
| 3 children | 71 | 92.2 | 6 | 7.8 | Df=4 |
| 4 children | 29 | 80.6 | 7 | 19.4 | P=0.008 |
| 5 or more children | 12 | 63.2 | 7 | 36.8 | |
| Ever used contraceptive | χ2= 0.483 | ||||
| Yes | 234 | 86.7 | 36 | 13.3 | Df=1 |
| No | 111 | 84.1 | 21 | 15.9 | P=0.487 |