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Table 2 Validity checks

From: Estimating the proportion of Medicaid-eligible pregnant women in Louisiana who do not get abortions when Medicaid does not cover abortion

 

Total

Medicaid population

Medicaid as a reason (Medicaid population denominator)

P-value among Medicaid population

N

265

167

12

155

   

Yes

No

 

Pregnancy intentions (lmup)

    

< 0.001

 Unplanned

12% (31)

15% (24)

58% (7)

11% (17)

 

 Ambivalent

64% (168)

63% (105)

33% (4)

66% (101)

 

 Planned

25% (65)

22% (37)

8% (1)

23% (36)

 

Decisional certainty

    

0.001

 High certainty

77% (196)

78% (129)

33% (4)

82% (125)

 

 Medium certainty

19% (48)

16% (26)

50% (6)

13% (20)

 

 Low certainty

5% (12)

6% (10)

17% (2)

5% (8)

 

Preferred abortion at pregnancy discovery

    

< 0.001

 No

86% (191)

84% (141)

8% (1)

90% (140)

 

 Yes

14% (74)

16% (26)

92% (11)

10% (15)

 

Prefer abortion now

    

0.03

 No

98% (228)

98% (162)

83% (10)

99% (152)

 

 Yes

2% (37)

2% (4)

17% (2)

1% (2)