Table 3.
Descriptive analysis of definitive items of the CAAS in the sub-sample 1 and factorial weights.
| No. | Statement item | M | SD | Skew | Kurt | CITC-F | FW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Autonomy | |||||||
| 05 | The woman who decides to abort has self-esteem for giving herself what she wants in life | 3.14 | 1,182 | −0.163 | −0.626 | 0.652 | 0.733 |
| 06 | A woman has the right to abort as many times as necessary | 3.00 | 1,442 | 0.011 | −1,301 | 0.635 | 0.598 |
| 09 | What a woman wants for her life cannot be truncated by an unwanted pregnancy | 3.20 | 1,311 | −0.213 | −0.962 | 0.520 | 0.572 |
| 10 | Women who choose abortion are strong for defying the traditional mandate of motherhood | 2.91 | 1,264 | 0.012 | −0.907 | 0.615 | 0.813 |
| 12 | Forcing a woman to carry an unwanted pregnancy to term should be understood as a violation of human rights | 3.46 | 1,358 | −0.433 | −0.973 | 0.531 | 0.417 |
| 14 | Termination of a pregnancy is justified if necessary for a prime life | 3.22 | 1,263 | −0.205 | −0.933 | 0.611 | 0.690 |
| 15 | If a woman has no desire to gestate and be a mother, you do not have to do it even if you get pregnant | 3.45 | 1,279 | −0.352 | −0.911 | 0.689 | 0.586 |
| 16 | A woman who aborts is a woman with the strength to go against what society expects of her | 2.87 | 1,285 | 0.094 | −0.965 | 0.653 | 0.806 |
| Stigma | |||||||
| 01 | I would be disappointed if I knew that someone I love had an abortion | 2.23 | 1,351 | 0.714 | −0.761 | 0.729 | 0.769 |
| 02 | Women should be ashamed to share their decision to abort publicly | 1.89 | 1,146 | 1,093 | 0.220 | 0.674 | 0.644 |
| 03 | Many of the women who decide on abortion were not cautious enough to avoid finding themselves in this situation | 2.57 | 1.37 | 0.330 | −1,136 | 0.657 | 0.620 |
| 04 | A woman who aborts is a murderer | 1.98 | 1,229 | 0.988 | −0.135 | 0.806 | 0.758 |
| 07 | Young women take abortion as a game | 2.58 | 1,335 | 0.25 | −1,128 | 0.732 | 0.640 |
| 08 | Women who decide not to abort are blessed by God | 2.01 | 1.20 | 0.838 | −0.365 | 0.675 | 0.805 |
| 11 | Only God can take life | 2.40 | 1,431 | 0.515 | −0.063 | 0.657 | 0.622 |
| 13 | Women from birth have a maternal instinct | 2.28 | 1,226 | 0.504 | −0.822 | 0.493 | 0.681 |
| 17 | Understandably, a man rejects a woman for having had an abortion in the past | 1.87 | 1,051 | 0.960 | 0.067 | 0.598 | 0.722 |
| 18 | Women who have abortions do not usually maintain stable relationships | 2.21 | 1,137 | 0.438 | −0.724 | 0.687 | 0.719 |
M = Mean; SD = Standard deviation; Skew = Skewness; Kurt = Kurtosis; CTIC-F = total item correlation corrected by factor; FW = Factor Weights.