Table 3 Knowledge regarding induced abortion among private college students in Ambo, Ethiopia, April, 2022 (n = 631)
Variables | Response | Frequency | % |
|---|---|---|---|
Have you ever heard about the method of pregnancy termination or induced abortion? | Yes | 297 | 47.1 |
No | 334 | 52.9 | |
From where/whom have you ever heard about induced abortion? (n = 297) | Health institution | 147 | 49.49 |
Mass media | 54 | 18.18 | |
Parents | 9 | 3.0 | |
Peer/friend | 87 | 29.29 | |
Where do you think that induced abortion service conducted? | Hospital | 391 | 62.0 |
Health centre | 48 | 7.6 | |
Private clinic | 11 | 1.7 | |
Don’t know | 181 | 28.8 | |
Will induced abortion service reduce the risk of women’s reproductive health problem? | Yes | 424 | 67.2 |
No | 28 | 4.4 | |
Don’t know | 175 | 27.7 | |
When is the preferable time to perform abortion? | Before 3 months of pregnancy | 360 | 57.1 |
At any time during pregnancy | 89 | 14.1 | |
Don’t know | 182 | 28.8 | |
Is unsafe abortion a major problem, today in Ethiopia? | Yes | 278 | 44.1 |
No | 170 | 26.9 | |
Don’t know | 183 | 29.00 | |
Ethiopia has abortion law? | Yes | 403 | 63.9 |
No | 45 | 7.1 | |
Don’t know | 183 | 29.00 | |
For what reason is abortion legal in Ethiopia? (More than one possible) | If the pregnancy is extra-marital | 49 | 7.7 |
If pregnancy is due to rape or incest | 343 | 54.3 | |
If pregnancy endangers life of the woman or fetus | 232 | 36.76 | |
For woman with physical/mental disabilities | 230 | 36.45 | |
For woman physically psychologically unprepared | 78 | 12.36 | |
If she is financially unable to rise the child | 45 | 7.13 | |
Not allowed for any reason in Ethiopia | 87 | 13.78 | |
What is/are some possible complication of abortion? | Heavy bleeding | 111 | 17.6 |
Uterine rupture | 73 | 11.6 | |
Infertility | 93 | 14.7 | |
Infections | 80 | 12.7 | |
No complication | 93 | 14.7 | |
Don’t know | 181 | 28.68 |