Association between history of abortion and current use of contraceptives among Mongolian Women

Phiri, Yohane V. A.; Nyam, Gunchmaa; Wardani, Yuniar; Phiri, Doreen; Chuang, Kun-Yang; Chao, Hsing Jasmine; Nkoka, Owen

doi:10.1186/s12905-022-01862-3

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Table 1 Distribution of study characteristics by history of abortion

From: Association between history of abortion and current use of contraceptives among Mongolian Women

Variable	Abortion				P value^c
	Yes		No
	n = 2525	%	n = 5848	%
Age (years)					< 0.001
15–19	13	0.51	57	0.97
20–24	86	3.41	503	8.6
25–34	892	35.33	2171	37.12
35+	1534	60.75	3117	53.3
Marital status					< 0.001
Currently married	2223	88.07	5023	85.89
Formerly married/divorced	233	9.23	537	9.18
Never married	68	2.69	288	4.92
Highest educational level					< 0.001
Lower/upper secondary school	984	39.52	2847	49.8
Vocational/training center	327	13.13	858	15.01
University/institute/college	1179	47.35	2012	35.19
Age at first marriage (years)
0.6031
10–19	751	30.58	1651	29.69
20–29	1597	65.02	3644	65.54
30+	108	4.4	265	4.77
Currently pregnant					-
Yes	0	0	0	0
No	2513	100	5820	100
Ever given birth					< 0.001
Yes	2407	95.33	5829	99.68
No	118	4.67	19	0.32
Alcohol use					< 0.001
Yes	2171	86.01	4221	72.23
No	353	13.99	1623	27.77
Age at first use of alcohol					< 0.001
10–19	19	0.88	52	1.23
20–29	566	26.07	889	21.06
30+	1328	61.17	2683	63.56
Never	258	11.88	597	14.14
Total number of children					< 0.001
Less or equal 2	116	4.59	17	0.29
Less or equal 4	1199	47.49	3037	51.93
Equal or more than 5	1060	41.98	2304	39.4
None	150	5.94	490	8.38
Age of husband (years)					< 0.001
15–24	33	1.48	260	5.18
25–34	725	32.61	1776	35.36
35+	1465	65.9	2987	59.47
Area of residence					< 0.001
Urban	1525	60.4	2731	46.7
Rural	1000	39.6	3117	53.3
Region of origin					< 0.001
Khangai	510	20.2	1635	27.96
Central	476	18.85	1298	22.2
Eastern	457	18.1	881	15.06
Ulaanbaatar	320	12.67	864	14.77
Western	762	30.18	1170	20.01
Ethnicity					< 0.001
Khalkh	2023	80.28	4455	76.55
Kazakh	178	7.06	583	10.02
Other	319	12.66	782	13.44
Religion					< 0.001
Buddhist	1001	39.69	2378	40.85
Islam	1235	48.97	2728	46.86
Other	160	6.34	519	8.91
No religion	126	5	197	3.38
Wealth Index Score					< 0.001
Richest	517	20.48	1981	33.87
Fourth	501	19.84	1443	24.68
Middle	534	21.15	1057	18.07
Second	569	22.53	812	13.89
Poorest	404	16	555	9.49
Current contraceptive use					< 0.001
Yes	1223	48.44	3124	53.42
No	1302	51.56	2724	46.58

^cp value from Chi-Square tests, bold means significant i.e., p < 0.05

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