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Table 2 Behavioural and Knowledge Related Factors of Respondents among Guraghe Zone Preparatory School Student, n = 404, April 2017

From: Risk factors of induced abortion among preparatory school student in Guraghe zone, Southern region, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Variables

Induced Abortion

Chi-square

P-value

Yes

No

Count (%)

Count (%)

Sexual Health education

 Yes

12(5.3)

213(94.7)

29.607

0.000

 No

43(24.0)

136(76.0)

  

Agreement on abortion

 Yes

7(31.8)

15(68.2)

8.481

0.075

 Never

32(14.5)

189(85.5)

  

 Depends

12(10.4)

103(89.6)

  

 Sometimes

4(9.3)

39(90.77)

  

 Not sure

0(0.0)

3(100.0)

  

Risks of abortion

 Yes

44(12.4)

310(87.6)

3.412

0.065

 No

11(22.0)

39(78.0)

  

History of alcohol consumption

 Yes often(daily/weekly 2-3x)

5(33.3)

10(66.7)

11.641

0.003

 Yes sometimes (monthly 1-4x)

10(26.3)

28(73.7)

  

 No never

40(11.4)

311(88.6)

  

Enforcing to abortion

 My morals

19(15.4)

104(84.6)

9.311

0.097

 My religion

11(7.7)

132(92.3)

  

 The media

6(27.3)

16(72.7)

  

 Not dare

13(16.5)

66(83.5)

  

 Peers

5(18.5)

22(81.5)

  

 Others

1(10.0)

9(90.0)

  

abortion is allowed

 If A woman that has been raped

20(16.4)

102(83.6)

9.001

0.061

 If A women that will die if she does

16(9.7)

149(90.3)

  

 If A woman that is having an affair

4(40.0)

6(60.0)

  

 If A woman cannot have baby

6(12.8)

41(87.2)

  

 I don’t know

9(15.0)

51(85.0)