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Table 4 Abortion safetya by background and abortion characteristics (of first/only attempt)

From: Partner involvement in abortion trajectories and subsequent abortion safety in Nigeria and Côte d’Ivoire

 

Nigeria (N = 1144)

Côte d'Ivoire (N = 347)

Not most unsafe

Most unsafe

p-value

Not most unsafe

Most unsafe

p-value

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

Total

549

48.4

585

51.6

 

151

43.5

196

56.5

 

Background characteristics

Age at abortion

    

0.061

    

0.030

10–19

110

44.5

137

55.5

 

64

42.1

88

57.9

 

20–29

288

52.1

265

47.9

 

69

50.0

69

50.0

 

30 + 

144

45.4

173

54.6

 

15

28.8

37

71.2

 

Marital status at abortion

    

0.528

    

0.401

Married

336

49.1

348

50.9

 

61

40.9

88

59.1

 

Not married

211

47.2

236

52.8

 

90

45.5

108

54.5

 

Residence at abortionb

    

0.001

    

 < 0.001

Rural

188

42.4

255

57.6

 

35

27.6

92

72.4

 

Urban

361

52.2

330

47.8

 

116

52.7

104

47.3

 

Highest level of school attendedc

    

0.020

    

0.004

None

44

38.6

70

61.4

 

38

34.9

71

65.1

 

Primary

75

51.0

72

49.0

 

52

39.7

79

60.3

 

Secondary

270

46.6

309

53.4

 

50

54.9

41

45.1

 

Higher

160

54.4

134

45.6

 

11

68.8

5

31.2

 

Parity at abortion

    

0.574

    

0.026

0

240

47.5

265

52.5

 

75

50.3

74

49.7

 

1 + 

309

49.2

319

50.8

 

76

38.4

122

61.6

 

Wealth tertile at interview

    

 < 0.001

    

 < 0.001

Low

131

39.0

205

61.0

 

29

29.3

70

70.7

 

Middle

190

49.9

191

50.1

 

42

33.9

82

66.1

 

High

226

54.7

187

45.3

 

79

64.2

44

35.8

 

State at interview

    

 < 0.001

    

–

Anambra

77

40.5

113

59.5

 

–

–

–

–

 

Kaduna

84

40.4

124

59.6

 

–

–

–

–

 

Lagos

143

60.1

95

39.9

 

–

–

–

–

 

Nasarawa

82

50.0

82

50.0

 

–

–

–

–

 

Rivers

136

50.2

135

49.8

 

–

–

–

–

 

Taraba

27

48.4

36

51.6

 

–

–

–

–

 

Involvement in abortion experience

Extent of partner involvement d

    

 < 0.001

    

 < 0.001

None

146

33.6

288

66.4

 

62

32.5

129

67.5

 

Involved in one way only e

132

47.5

146

52.5

 

53

56.4

41

43.6

 

Involved in decision and method/source selection

271

64.2

151

35.8

 

36

58.1

26

41.9

 

Partner involved in:

Discussing decision

391

58.5

277

41.5

 < 0.001

85

56.7

65

43.3

 < 0.001

Selecting method and/or source

281

62.3

170

37.7

 < 0.001

38

57.6

28

42.4

0.010

Abortion characteristics

Tried multiple things

    

 < 0.001

    

 < 0.001

Yes

469

52.8

420

47.2

 

137

48.2

147

51.8

 

No

79

32.9

161

67.1

 

14

22.2

49

77.8

 
  1. Bolded p-values indicate significance at p < 0.05
  2. a Most unsafe abortions involve a non-recommended method and a non-clinical provider; all other method and provider combinations are categorized as not most unsafe
  3. b Created based on respondent report of having lived in a village (rural) or a town or city (urban) at the time of the abortion
  4. c Based on level of school attending at time of abortion, if attending, or highest level attended according to baseline survey interview. This assumes that respondents who were not attending school at the time of their abortion had already completed their schooling
  5. d Partners could be involved in any (or none) of the following aspects: decision to terminate, method selection, source selection
  6. e In Nigeria, among respondents whose partners who were only involved in discussing the decision, 127 (51%) experienced a most unsafe abortion while 122 (49%) did not; among those whose partners were only involved in selecting the method/source, most unsafe: 19 (66%) vs. not most unsafe: 10 (34%). In Côte d’Ivoire, among respondents whose partners who were only involved in discussing the decision, most unsafe: 39 (43%) vs, not most unsafe: 51 (57%); among those whose partners were only involved in selecting the method/source, most unsafe: 2 (33%) vs. not most unsafe: 4 (67%)
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