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Table 2 Sample of online misoprostol sellers and outcome of interactions with mystery clients, 2019

From: Attempts to purchase misoprostol online in Indonesia: a mystery client study design

 

Websites

Instagram

Marketplace

TOTAL

Universe of sellers identified in web listing

441

133

152

727

De-duplicated universe

147

49

85

281

Sample

73

20

39

132

Unable to reach: number inactive/website down

10

5

7

22

Sent initial message to seller

63

15

32

110

Seller did not respond to initial message

7

2

7

16

Established text exchange with seller

56

13

25

94

No purchase—seller stopped responding

1

0

1

2

No purchase—identified as duplicate prior to sale

7

2

3

12

No purchase—other reasons*

2

1

1

4

Purchased pills from seller

46

10

20

76

Purchased and did not receive pills

5

4

3

12

Purchased and received pills

41

6

17

64

% of sample that resulted in purchasing and receiving pills

56%

30%

44%

48%

  1. *Other reasons include: too expensive, seller required a prescription, seller made mystery client feel unsafe, seller requested an in-person meeting for cash payment [7]
  2. Source: From Ref [7], reproduced with permission from John Wiley & Sons