Table 2 Cross-tabulation of participant characteristics and abortion among women of reproductive age in Sierra Leone
Characteristic | Ever had a pregnancy terminated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2013 SLDHS | 2019 SLDHS | 2013–2019 SLDHS | |||||||
No | Yes | Χ2 | No | Yes | Χ2 | No | Yes | Χ2 | |
Age group | |||||||||
15–19 | 3786(98) | 92(2) | 48.06* | 3386(99) | 40(1) | 56.86 * | 7172(98) | 133(2) | 102.43 * |
20–24 | 2501(93) | 182(7) | 2486(95) | 143(5) | 4986(94) | 325(6) | |||
25–29 | 2523(89) | 320(11) | 2476(91) | 252(9) | 4999(90) | 572(10) | |||
30–34 | 2022(88) | 265(12) | 1715(88) | 227(12) | 3737(88) | 492(12) | |||
35–39 | 1944(86) | 316(14) | 1936(87) | 288(13) | 3880(87) | 604(13) | |||
40–44 | 1170(86) | 193(14) | 1154(86) | 183(14) | 2323(86) | 376(14) | |||
45–49 | 1155(86) | 190(14) | 1093(85) | 195(15) | 2247(85) | 385(15) | |||
Marital status | |||||||||
Never in union | 4574(97) | 157(3) | 81.02* | 4932(98) | 126(2) | 86.46* | 9506(97) | 282(3) | 167.74 * |
Married/in union | 9644(88) | 1258(12) | 8619(89) | 1096(11) | 18,263(89) | 2355(11) | |||
Single | 881(86) | 144(14) | 695(87) | 106(13) | 1577(86) | 250(14) | |||
Employment status | |||||||||
Not working | 5054(95) | 265(5) | 118.15 * | 4633(96) | 198(4) | 120.59* | 9687(95) | 463(5) | 236.58 * |
Working | 10,045(89) | 1294(11) | 9613(89) | 1130(11) | 19,658(89) | 2424(11) | |||
Residence | |||||||||
Urban | 5388(91) | 545(9) | 0.08 | 6589(92) | 575(8) | 1.44 | 11,977(91) | 1120(9) | 1.19 |
Rural | 9711(91) | 1014(9) | 7657(91) | 753(9) | 17,369(91) | 1767(9) | |||
Educational status | |||||||||
No education | 8289(89) | 1004(11) | 17.95* | 6342(90) | 740(10) | 27.59* | 14,631(89) | 1744(11) | 44.92 * |
Primary | 2114(91) | 217(9) | 1897(90) | 206(10) | 4011(90) | 423(10) | |||
Secondary | 4260(94) | 273(6) | 5428(95) | 296(5) | 9688(94) | 569(6) | |||
Higher | 436(87) | 65(13) | 580(87) | 86(13) | 1016(87) | 151(13) | |||
Wealth index | |||||||||
Poorest | 2832(92) | 258(8) | 0.83 | 2462(90) | 276(10) | 1.55 | 5294(91) | 534(9) | 0.30 |
Poorer | 2739(90) | 307(10) | 2585(91) | 246(9) | 5324(91) | 553(9) | |||
Middle | 2832(90) | 308(10) | 2729(92) | 225(8) | 5561(91) | 533(9) | |||
Richer | 3089(91) | 299(9) | 3095(91) | 290(9) | 6184(91) | 589(9) | |||
Richest | 3608(90) | 387(10) | 3375(92) | 291(8) | 6983(91) | 678(9) | |||
Religion | |||||||||
Christianity | 3239(92) | 288(8) | 2.56 | 3302(91) | 314(9) | 0.08 | 6541(92) | 601(8) | 1.10 |
Muslim | 11,769(90) | 1264(10) | 10,939(92) | 1014(8) | 22,708(91) | 2277(9) | |||
Others | 91(93) | 7(7) | 5(88) | 1(12) | 96(92) | 8(8) | |||
Parity | |||||||||
None | 3992(96) | 176(4) | 47.94 * | 4165(96) | 196(4) | 30.75* | 8157(96) | 372(4) | 75.58 * |
1–2 | 4076(91) | 383(9) | 4732(91) | 491(9) | 8808(91) | 875(9) | |||
3–5 | 4499(88) | 619(12) | 4362(89) | 531(11) | 8861(89) | 1150(11) | |||
6 or more | 2532(87) | 380(13) | 987(90) | 110(10) | 3519(88) | 489(12) | |||
Current contraceptive use | |||||||||
No method | 11,738(90) | 1243(10) | 1.17 | 10,779(91) | 1015(9) | 0.92 | 22,518(91) | 2258(9) | |
Modern method | 3070(91) | 291(9) | 3394(92) | 303(8) | 6464(92) | 594(8) | |||
Traditional method | 291(92) | 24(8) | 73(88) | 10(12) | 364(91) | 35(9) | |||
Knowledge of ovulation | |||||||||
Correct | 4403(90) | 479(10) | 0.47 | 5337(91) | 681(9) | 3.07* | 11,589(91) | 1160(9) | 0.46 |
Incorrect | 6086(91) | 608(9) | 7186(91) | 527(9) | 11,423(91) | 1135(9) | |||
Don’t know | 4611(91) | 472(9) | 1722(93) | 120(7) | 6333(91) | 592(9) | |||
Frequency of reading newspaper | |||||||||
Not at all | 13,422(90) | 1422(10) | 2.91 | 13,096(91) | 1224(9) | 9.72* | 26,518(91) | 2646(9) | 3.03 * |
Less than once a week | 610(92) | 56(8) | 805(95) | 46(5) | 1415(93) | 102(7) | |||
At least once a week | 1068(93) | 81(7) | 344(85) | 59(15) | 1412(91) | 139(9) | |||
Frequency of listening to a radio | |||||||||
Not at all | 5791(92) | 534(8) | 2.34 | 8020(93) | 633(7) | 8.05* | 13,810(92) | 1168(8) | 10.65 * |
Less than once a week | 3308(90) | 365(10) | 2865(90) | 317(10) | 6173(90) | 682(10) | |||
At least once a week | 6000(90) | 659(10) | 3361(90) | 378(10) | 9361(90) | 1037(10) | |||
Frequency of watching television | |||||||||
Not at all | 11,959(90) | 1258(10) | 0.61 | 10,208(92) | 935(8) | 1.32 | 22,167(91) | 2192(9) | 1.03 |
Less than once a week | 999(92) | 91(8) | 1944(92) | 165(8) | 2943(92) | 256(8) | |||
At least once a week | 2141(91) | 210(9) | 2094(90) | 229(10) | 4235(91) | 439(9) | |||