Table 4 Percentages of students in favour of specific legal abortion indications by school (n = 335)
From: Brazilian adolescents’ knowledge and beliefs about abortion methods: a school-based internet inquiry
When a woman or adolescent…. | Total | Magnet high school (n = 45) % | Technical high school (n = 227) % | Technical middle school (n = 62) % | Significance level |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
…has been raped | 61.4 (212) | 84.4 (38) | 64.3(146) | 35.5 (22) | .000 |
…has a pregnancy that threatens her life | 50.1(173) | 66.7(30) | 50.2(114) | 37.1(23) | .003 |
…has physical or mental health problems | 34.2 (118) | 31.1(14) | 36.6(83) | 29.0 (18) | .706 |
…has HIV/AIDS | 30.1(104) | 35.6(16) | 30.8(70) | 24.2(15) | .195 |
…has a foetus with physical or mental problems | 24.3 (84) | 26.7(12) | 29.5(67) | 6.5 (4) | .006 |
…is too poor to have a child | 12.2 (42) | 17.8(8) | 13.2(30) | 4.8 (3) | .036 |
…has four or more children | 11.6 (40) | 17.8(8) | 11.5(26) | 6.5(4) | .070 |
…does not want more children | 8.4 (29) | 17.8(8) | 7.0(16) | 4.8(3) | .023 |
…under no circumstances | 20.6 (71) | 9.0(4) | 17.0(39) | 42.0(26) | .000 |