Table 1 Client characteristics at baseline and post-intervention
All | Baseline | Post-intervention | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | p-value | |
Age group | 0.309 | |||
18–24 | 427 (55.5) | 213 (53.3) | 214 (58.0) | |
25–29 | 180 (23.4) | 95 (23.8) | 85 (23.0) | |
30–34 | 84 (10.9) | 47 (11.8) | 37 (10.0) | |
35+ | 78 (10.1) | 45 (11.3) | 33 (8.9) | |
Highest level of education | 0.044 | |||
Primary | 196 (25.5) | 114 (28.5) | 82 (22.2) | |
Secondary | 331 (43.0) | 173 (43.3) | 158 (42.8) | |
College or higher | 242 (31.5) | 113 (28.3) | 129 (35.0) | |
Occupation | 0.655 | |||
Non-manual | 55 (7.2) | 32 (8.0) | 23 (6.3) | |
Manual, domestic service, agriculture | 342 (44.8) | 175 (44.0) | 167 (45.8) | |
Student | 246 (32.2) | 116 (29.1) | 130 (35.6) | |
Unemployed | 120 (15.7) | 75 (18.8) | 45 (12.3) | |
Marital status | 0.060 | |||
Married | 227 (29.7) | 122 (30.7) | 105 (28.6) | |
With regular partner | 414 (54.2) | 204 (51.4) | 210 (57.2) | |
Single/no regular partner | 91 (11.9) | 50 (12.6) | 41 (11.2) | |
Divorced/separated | 32 (4.2) | 21 (5.3) | 11 (3.0) | |
Number of children | 0.226 | |||
No children | 330 (43.1) | 163 (40.9) | 167 (45.5) | |
1–2 children | 277 (36.2) | 141 (35.3) | 136 (37.1) | |
3–4 children | 108 (14.1) | 67 (16.8) | 41 (11.2) | |
5+ children | 51 (6.7) | 28 (7.0) | 23 (6.3) | |
Fertility intentions | 0.921 | |||
No children | 215 (29.1) | 119 (30.9) | 96 (27.1) | |
Less than 2 years | 34 (4.6) | 15 (3.9) | 19 (5.4) | |
More than 2 years | 386 (52.2) | 188 (48.8) | 198 (55.9) | |
After marriage | 92 (12.4) | 52 (13.5) | 40 (11.3) | |
Other | 12 (1.6) | 11 (2.9) | 1 (0.3) | |
Most effective method ever previously used | 0.780 | |||
No method | 51 (7.1) | 24 (6.4) | 27 (7.9) | |
Long-acting reversible contraception | 117 (16.3) | 61 (16.2) | 56 (16.3) | |
Short-term method | 540 (75.0) | 288 (76.4) | 252 (73.5) | |
Rhythm method | 12 (1.7) | 4 (1.1) | 8 (2.3) | |
Using FP immediately prior to the abortion | 0.469 | |||
No | 528 (69.1) | 270 (68.0) | 258 (70.3) | |
Yes | 236 (30.9) | 127 (32.0) | 109 (29.7) | |
Type of abortion | 0.012 | |||
Medical | 284 (37.1) | 168 (42.2) | 116 (31.5) | |
Surgical | 482 (62.9) | 230 (57.8) | 252 (68.5) | |