From: Marital status and abortion among young women in Rupandehi, Nepal
Ā | Total | Never married | Ever married | p* | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ā | (Nā=ā600) | (Nā=ā325) | (Nā=ā275) | ||||
Age, median (range) | 19 | (16ā24) | 17 | (16ā24) | 21 | (16ā24) | <0.01 |
Ā | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | Ā |
Education completed | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā |
āāāāāā< Grade 6 | 203 | (33.8) | 58 | (28.6) | 145 | (71.4) | <0.01 |
āāāāāāā„ Grade 6 | 397 | (66.2) | 267 | (67.3) | 130 | (32.8) | Ā |
Caste or ethnicity | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā |
āāāāāāBrahmin/Chhetri | 106 | (17.7) | 68 | (64.2) | 38 | (35.9) | Ā |
āāāāāāTerai/Madhesi/Other | 241 | (40.2) | 111 | (46.1) | 130 | (53.9) | Ā |
āāāāāāDalit | 55 | (9.2) | 24 | (43.6) | 31 | (56.4) | Ā |
āāāāāāNewar | 5 | (0.8) | 3 | (60.0) | 2 | (40.0) | Ā |
āāāāāāJanajati | 153 | (25.5) | 100 | (65.4) | 53 | (34.6) | Ā |
āāāāāāMuslim | 40 | (6.7) | 19 | (47.5) | 21 | (52.5) | Ā |
Worked in past year (cash or in-kind) | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā |
āāāāāāYes | 76 | (12.7) | 50 | (15.4) | 26 | (9.5) | 0.03 |
āāāāāāNo | 524 | (87.3) | 275 | (84.6) | 249 | (90.6) | Ā |
Ever had sex | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā |
āāāāāāYes | 282 | (47.0) | 7 | (2.2) | 275 | (100.0) | <0.01 |
āāāāāāNo | 318 | (53.0) | 318 | (97.9) | 0 | (0.0) | Ā |
Ever used contraception | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā |
āāāāāāYes | 137 | (22.8) | 5 | (1.5) | 132 | (48.0) | <0.01 |
āāāāāāNo | 463 | (77.2) | 320 | (98.5) | 143 | (52.0) | Ā |
Gravidity | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā |
āāāāāā0 | 400 | (66.7) | 325 | (100.0) | 75 | (27.3) | <0.01 |
āāāāāāā„1 | 200 | (33.3) | 0 | (0.0) | 325 | (72.7) | Ā |
Abortion history | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā |
āāāāāā0 | 581 | (96.8) | 325 | (100.0) | 256 | (93.1) | 0.01 |
āāāāāāā„1 | 19 | (3.2) | 0 | (0.0) | 19 | (6.9) | Ā |