Table 1 Selected characteristics of women with surgical abortions by method of abortion and gestational age
Characteristics | Method of abortion | Gestational age | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
D&C (N = 652) n (%) | Vacuum aspiration (N = 1322) n (%) | P | <10 weeks (N = 1687) n (%) | ≥10 weeks (N = 287) n (%) | P | |
Age (years) | ||||||
15–24 | 73 (11.2) | 137 (10.4) | 0.173 | 174 (10.3) | 36 (12.5) | 0.237 |
25–34 | 359 (55.1) | 786 (59.5) | 991 (58.7) | 154 (53.7) | ||
35–44 | 220 (33.7) | 399 (30.2) | 522 (30.9) | 97 (33.8) | ||
Residence | ||||||
Urban | 166 (25.5) | 585 (44.3) | <0.001 | 681 (40.4) | 70 (24.4) | <0.001 |
Rural | 486 (74.5) | 737 (55.7) | 1006 (59.6) | 217 (75.6) | ||
Education level | ||||||
Secondary incomplete | 174 (26.7) | 255 (19.3) | <0.001 | 341 (20.2) | 88 (30.7) | <0.001 |
Secondary complete | 225 (34.5) | 408 (30.9) | 544 (32.2) | 89 (31.0) | ||
Professional college | 111 (17.0) | 170 (12.9) | 235 (13.9) | 46 (16.0) | ||
University | 142 (21.8) | 489 (37.0) | 567 (33.6) | 64 (22.3) | ||
Wealth quintile | ||||||
Lowest | 200 (30.7) | 211 (16.0) | <0.001 | 316 (18.7) | 95 (33.1) | <0.001 |
Second | 171 (26.2) | 301 (22.8) | 403 (23.9) | 69 (24.0) | ||
Middle | 159 (24.4) | 325 (24.6) | 417 (24.7) | 67 (23.3) | ||
Fourth | 41 (6.3) | 229 (17.3) | 249 (14.8) | 21 (7.3) | ||
Highest | 81 (12.4) | 256 (19.4) | 302 (17.9) | 35 (12.2) | ||
Ethnicity | ||||||
Georgian | 506 (77.6) | 1105 (83.6) | <0.001 | 1398 (82.9) | 213 (74.2) | <0.001 |
Azeri | 71 (10.9) | 89 (6.7) | 131 (7.8) | 29 (10.1) | ||
Armenian | 56 (8.6) | 77 (5.8) | 102 (6.0) | 31 (10.8) | ||
Other | 19 (2.9) | 51 (3.9) | 56 (3.3) | 14 (4.9) | ||
Employment | ||||||
Employed | 98 (15.0) | 252 (19.1) | 0.027 | 298 (17.7) | 52 (18.1) | 0.852 |
Unemployed | 554 (85.0) | 1070 (80.9) | 1389 (82.3) | 235 (81.9) | ||
Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Parity | ||||||
0 | 3 (0.5) | 4 (0.3) | <0.001 | 5 (0.3) | 2 (0.7) | <0.001 |
1 | 89 (13.7) | 226 (17.1) | 261 (15.5) | 54 (18.8) | ||
2 | 347 (53.2) | 825 (62.4) | 1032 (61.2) | 140 (48.8) | ||
3 | 151 (23.2) | 207 (15.7) | 298 (17.7) | 60 (20.9) | ||
4+ | 62 (9.5) | 59 (4.5) | 91 (5.4) | 31 (10.8) | ||
Number of previous induced abortions | ||||||
1 | 206 (31.6) | 384 (29.0) | <0.001 | 499 (29.6) | 91 (31.7) | 0.196 |
2 | 172 (26.4) | 366 (27.7) | 456 (27.0) | 82 (28.6) | ||
3 | 119 (18.3) | 221 (16.7) | 285 (16.9) | 55 (19.2) | ||
4+ | 155 (23.8) | 351 (26.6) | 447 (26.5) | 59 (20.6) | ||