Table 2 Peer pregnancy and abortion awareness, method reporting, and legal abortion attitude by gender, age, school, and sexual status
From: Brazilian adolescents’ knowledge and beliefs about abortion methods: a school-based internet inquiry
Do you know anyone your age who has had an unwanted pregnancy? | Do you know anyone your age who has had an abortion? | Have you heard or read about different methods to end an unwanted pregnancy? | When do you think termination of pregnancy should be legal? | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Legal abortion attitude scale | ||||
Mean (S.E.) | ||||
Range 0-8‡ | ||||
Total (% or mean) | 69.5 | 45.1 | 34.0 | 2.1(.10) |
Gender | ||||
Girls (214) | 73.5* | 53.9* | 44.0* | 2.2 (.13) |
Boys (131) | 63.3 | 31.5 | 18.9 | 2.0 (.18) |
Age | ||||
≤ 14 years (124) | 52.8* | 31.5 | 28.9 | 1.9 (.18) |
15-16 years (168) | 80.6 | 51.8 | 39.9 Φ | 2.2 (.14) |
≥17 years (54) | 76.4 | 59.3 | 28.1 | 2.2 (.27) |
Maternal education | ||||
Any primary | 37.3 | 39.9 | 32.3 | 2.0 (1.8) |
Any secondary | 44.3 | 42.0 | 39.5 | 2.2 (.17) |
Any University | 18.7* | 18.2* | 28.2 | 2.2 (.21) |
School | ||||
Technical middle school (62) | 65.1 | 39.7 | 17.6 | 1.4 (.12)* |
Technical high school (227) | 79.9 | 55.7 | 38.2 | 2.1 (.25) |
Magnet high school (45) | 24.5 | 4.1 | 40.4 | 2.7 (.27) |
(Hetero) sexual debut | ||||
Yes (112) | 78.9 | 58.3 | 39.1Φ | 2.1(.17) |
No (193) | 64.3 | 38.2 | 31.3 | 2.1(.16) |