Table 2 Risk of unsafe abortion in relation to the decision making process among women with unintended pregnancies
From: Decision making on unsafe abortions in Sri Lanka: a case-control study
Decision making process | Cases | Controls | Odds ratio | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N = 171 | N = 600 | (95% CI) | |||
No. | % | No. | % | ||
Advice sought at decision making | |||||
Yes* | 76 | 44.4% | 190 | 31.7% | 1.7 (1.2-2.4) |
• Friend | 38 | 22.2% | 26 | 4.3% | |
• Family/Relation | 30 | 17.5% | 12 | 2.0% | |
• Neighbour | 6 | 3.5% | 8 | 1.3% | |
• Medical personnel | 0 | 0.0% | 10 | 1.7% | |
• Spouse/ Partner | 62 | 36.6% | 171 | 28.5% | |
Final decision made with partner | |||||
No | 109 | 63.7% | 205 | 34.2% | 3.4 (2.4-4.8) |
Spoken to a person who had experienced an abortion | |||||
Yes | 53 | 31.0% | 129 | 21.5% | 1.6 (1.1-2.4) |
Will undergo abortion if any unintended pregnancy in future | |||||
Yes | 17 | 9.9% | 7 | 1.2% | 19.7 (7.8-50.1) |
Difficult to say | 58 | 33.9% | 211 | 35.2% | 2.2 (1.5-3.4) |