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Table 2 Obstetric characteristic of reproductive age women towards Ethiopian current abortion law in Bahir Dar city, northwest Ethiopia, 2017

From: Knowledge and attitude of reproductive age group (15–49) women towards Ethiopian current abortion law and associated factors in Bahir Dar city, Ethiopia

Variable

Category

Frequency

Percentage

Have you ever been pregnant?

Yes

179

46.37

 

No

207

53.62

Gravidity

1

65

36.3

 

2–4

92

51.4

 

>  5

22

12.3

Age at first pregnancy

<  19

71

39.7

 

20–24

72

40.2

 

>  25

36

20.1

Age at first birth

<  19

50

27.9

 

20–24

90

50.3

 

>  25

39

21.8

Abortion history

Yes

49

27.37

 

No

130

72.63

Number of abortions

1

39

79.6

 

2–4

10

20.4

Abortion type

Spontaneous

39

79.6

 

Induced

8

16.3

 

Both

2

4.1

Reason for inducing abortion

Economical

2

25

 

Unmarried*

3

37.5

 

Rape

2

25

 

being student

1

12.5

Place where the induced abortion done

Home

2

25

 

Health institute

6

75

  1. Unmarried* = those respondents who currently not formally married (friendship, divorced, widowed)