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Table 2 Reproductive History of RDS respondents

From: Women’s experiences seeking informal sector abortion services in Cape Town, South Africa: a descriptive study

 

Mean

SD, range

Gravida (n = 42)

3.3

1.46, 1–7

Births (n = 42)

1.93

1.26, 0–5

Number of Children (n = 42)

1.81

1.3, 0–5

 

n

%

Used contraception in last year (n = 42)

34

81

Current contraceptive use (n = 35) a

28

67

 Male condom

18

43

 Injectables

12

29

 Female condom

4

10

 Female sterilization

3

7

 Implant

1

2

 IUD

1

2

 Vasectomy

0

0

 Rhythm method

0

0

 Withdrawal

0

0

Ever had an abortion (n = 42)

42

100

 One

34

81

 Two

6

14

 Three

2

5

Ever had an abortion in a facility (n = 42)

5

12

Number of informal sector abortions (n = 42)

  

 One

34

81

 Two

6

14

 Three

2

5

Went to doctor before informal sector abortion (n = 41)

6

15

  1. aThe percentages associated with each contraceptive method represent the number of participants out of the full sample (42) who were using that method