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Table 1 Socio-demographic and reproductive characteristics of participants

From: Accuracy of gestational age estimation from last menstrual period among women seeking abortion in South Africa, with a view to task sharing: a mixed methods study

 

Western Cape (n = 94)

Kwazulu/Natal (n = 131)

Total (n = 225)

p-valuea

Age, (years)

Median (IQR)

26 (23.0-31.3)

26 (23.2-29.3)

26.0 (23.0-30.0)

0.452

School education, (years)

Completed school education (Grade 12) (Yes) n (%)

66 (70.2)

92 (70.2)

158 (70.2)

1.000

Paid employment (Yes) n (%)

63 (67.0)

31 (33.0)

94 (40.9)

<0.001

Previous pregnancies, n (%)

   

0.868

 0

20 (21.3)

31 (23.7)

51 (22.7)

 

 1

30 (31.9)

43(32.8)

73 (32.4)

 

 2+

44 (46.8)

57 (43.5)

101 (44.9)

 

Prior abortion (among those ever pregnant) n (%)

21/74 (27.3)

10/100 (10.0)

31/17 (17.2)

0.003

Used contraception in last year (Yes) n (%)

78 (83.0)

60 (45.8)

138 (61.3)

<0.001

Sure of LMP date (Yes) n (%)

73 (77.7)

121 (92.4)

194/225 (86.2)

0.002

  1. a Chi-squared tests for comparing categories, Kruskal-Wallis test for comparing medians