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Table 3 Information sharing about informal sector abortion

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

 

Mean

SD, range

Number of other women known to participants who have had informal sector abortions

3.66

3.02, 0–15

 

n

%

Talked about abortion with others (n = 41)

  

 Friend

27

66

 Family member

8

20

 Other community members

6

15

 Provider (Doctor, Pharmacist, Paramedic, Traditional healer)

3

7

 Husband/partner

2

5

 No one

11

27

Know others who have had informal sector abortions (n = 42)

  

 0

4

10

 1–2

13

31

 3

11

26

 4–5

10

24

 6 or more

4

10

Relationship to participant (n = 121)

  

 Friend

74

61

 Family

23

19

 Neighbor/community member

18

15

 Other

6

5

Source of information about other women’s experiences (n = 121)

  

 Heard from woman herself

77

64

 Heard from others

42

35

 Other

2

2

Information source on informal sector abortiona (n = 42)

  

 Community member

29

69

 Sign or fliers

10

24

 Family

3

7

 Community group

3

7

 Traditional healer

1

2

 Internet

1

2

 Partner

0

0

 Pharmacist

0

0

 Missing

1

2

Access to informal sector abortion (n = 41)

  

 “Very easy or Somewhat easy”

33

79

 “Somewhat difficult or very difficult”

8

19

 Missing

1

2

  1. aSome women listed multiple information sources about backstreet abortion