Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the study participants
Characteristics | Abortion | Full term | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Number/frequency | Percentage (%)/median (IQR) | Number/frequency | Percentage (%)/median (IQR) | |
Pregnancy status | 148 | 37.19% | 250 | 62.81% |
Age | 148 | 26.4 [25.4–27.3] years | 250 | 25.2 [24.5–26.0] years |
Gravidity | 148 | 3 [1–4] | 250 | 2 [1–3] |
Marital status | ||||
Married | 126 | 85.1% | 215 | 86% |
Single | 22 | 14.9% | 35 | 14% |
Education | ||||
Primary | 82 | 32.3% | 172 | 67.7% |
Secondary | 48 | 44.0% | 61 | 56.0% |
Tertiary | 18 | 51.4% | 17 | 48.6% |
Occupation | ||||
Business | 27 | 18.24% | 88 | 35.2% |
Employed | 23 | 15.54% | 21 | 8.4% |
House wife | 61 | 41.22% | 74 | 29.6% |
Peasant | 37 | 25.0% | 67 | 26.8% |
HIV status | ||||
Positive | 1 | 7.7% | 12 | 92.7% |
Negative | 101 | 33.7% | 199 | 66.3% |
Unknown | 46 | 54.1% | 39 | 45.9% |