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Table 2 Reasons given to seek informal sector abortion in the literature reviewed

From: Why do they take the risk? A systematic review of the qualitative literature on informal sector abortions in settings where abortion is legal

Source / Country

Privacy

Cost

Knowledge

Social network

Regulation

Fear of mistreatment

Unwilling staff

Self-management

Timeless-ness

Distance

Koster-Oyekani, 1998 (Zambia)

X

 

X

 

X

X

    

Jewkes et al., 2005 (South Africa)

X

 

X

X

X

X

X

 

X

 

Hill et al., 2009 (Ghana)

X

X

X

X

      

Grossman et al., 2010 (United States)

X

X

X

X

X

 

X

X

  

Hung, 2010 (Hong Kong)

 

X

  

X

     

Rominski, Lori and Morhe, 2017 (Ghana)

X

 

X

X

 

X

    

Hegde et al., 2012 (Cambodia)

  

X

   

X

   

Marlow et al., 2014 (Kenya)

 

X

X

  

X

X

   

Izugbar, Egesa and Okelo, 2015 (Kenya)

X

   

X

X

    

Osur et al., 2015 (Kenya)

   

X

      

Coast and Murray, 2016 (Zambia)

X

X

X

X

X

 

X

   

Gerdts et al., 2017 (South Africa)

X

X

X

X

 

X

  

X

 

Kebede et al., 2017 (Ethiopia)

 

X

        

Aiken et al., 2018 (Northern Ireland)

X

 

X

    

X

 

X

Aiken et al., 2018 (Great Britain)

X

X

X

    

X

X

X

Aiken et al., 2018 (United States)

X

X

  

X

  

X

 

X