Table 1 Socio-economic, demographic and abortion-related attributes of respondents
Variable | Cases (n = 1233) | Percent (%) |
|---|---|---|
Woman's age | ||
16–19 | 16 | 1.3 |
20–24 | 136 | 11.0 |
25–29 | 271 | 22.0 |
30–34 | 337 | 27.3 |
35–39 | 273 | 22.1 |
40–44 | 200 | 16.2 |
Marital status | ||
Never in union | 317 | 25.7 |
Currently in union | 768 | 62.3 |
Formerly in union | 147 | 11.9 |
Level of education | ||
No formal education | 199 | 16.3 |
Completed primary | 218 | 17.8 |
Completed middle/junior high school | 497 | 40.6 |
Completed secondary | 240 | 19.6 |
Higher | 70 | 5.7 |
Religion | ||
Moslem | 63 | 5.1 |
Catholic | 27 | 2.2 |
Anglican/Methodist/Presbyterian | 143 | 11.6 |
Pentecostal | 731 | 59.3 |
Other Christian | 239 | 19.4 |
Other/no religion | 30 | 2.4 |
Ethnicity | ||
Ga/Dangme | 468 | 38.0 |
Akan | 436 | 35.4 |
Ewe | 220 | 17.9 |
Other Ghanaian | 95 | 7.7 |
Non Ghanaian | 13 | 1.1 |
Wealth indexΨ | ||
Poorest | 138 | 11.2 |
Poorer | 290 | 23.5 |
Middle | 442 | 35.9 |
Richer | 318 | 25.8 |
Richest | 45 | 3.7 |
Knowledge of abortion law | ||
Knowledge of at least one legal condition to induce abortion | 221 | 17.9 |
No knowledge of any legal conditions | 1012 | 82.1 |
Year since last induced abortion | ||
< = 3 | 411 | 34.1 |
> 3 | 795 | 65.9 |
Abortion methods | ||
Surgical | 620 | 50.3 |
Dilation and curettage/dilation and evacuation | 393 | 31.9 |
Manual vacuum aspiration | 132 | 10.7 |
Surgical-Don’t know | 95 | 7.7 |
Medication | 341 | 27.7 |
Mifepristone + Misopristol | 133 | 10.8 |
Misopristol | 208 | 16.9 |
Other pills (oral contraceptive pills, unnamed) | 149 | 12.1 |
Injection | 39 | 3.2 |
Non-medical | 84 | 6.8 |
Inserted objects | 14 | 1.1 |
Homemade/herbal | 70 | 5.7 |