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 |