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Table 1 Characteristics of women of reproductive age who had an induced abortion in the last 5 years (n = 12,862)

From: RETRACTED ARTICLE: Factors associated with induced abortion in Nepal: data from a nationally representative population-based cross-sectional survey

 

Induced Abortion Care Received

Number of Women

n

%

95% CI

Age (years)a

 < 20

19

0.7

0.04–1.73

2598

 20–34

354

5.7

5.02–6.50

6192

 35–44

119

2.9

2.39–3.59

4072

Educationa

 No education

133

3.1

2.54–3.79

4281

 Primary

109

5.1

4.04–6.31

2150

 Secondary

186

4.1

3.48–4.89

4516

 Higher

64

3.4

2.53–4.43

1915

Residence

 Urban

336

4.2

3.62–4.78

8072

 Rural

156

3.3

2.65–4.00

4790

Provincea

 Province 1

67

3.1

2.19–4.33

2173

 Province 2

60

2.4

1.72–3.22

2564

 Province 3

92

3.4

2.41–4.66

2733

 Province 4

68

5.4

4.44–4.66

1249

 Province 5

106

4.7

3.66–5.97

2274

 Province 6

41

5.7

4.21–7.56

724

 Province 7

58

5.0

3.87–6.50

1145

Ecological zone

 Mountain

33

4.2

2.65–6.59

775

 Hill

235

4.2

3.60–4.99

5556

 Terai

224

3.4

2.88–4.08

6531

Wealth quintilea

 Poorest

69

3.2

2.35–4.25

2176

 Poorer

82

3.2

2.54–4.14

2525

 Middle

87

3.3

2.70–4.12

2595

 Richer

103

3.8

3.02–4.65

2765

 Richest

151

5.4

4.49–6.47

2801

Aware of abortion legalizationa

 No

137

2.6

2.06–3.14

5362

 Yes

287

5.5

4.74–6.36

5224

 Don’t know

68

3.0

2.36–3.84

2276

Number of living childrena

 0–1

153

2.6

2.10–3.20

5901

 2

149

5.0

4.11–6.00

3007

 3+

190

4.8

4.03–5.71

3954

Living boy childa

 0

125

2.3

1.9–2.9

5352

 1

230

5.5

4.8–6.4

4145

 2

108

4.3

3.5–5.3

2523

 3+

29

3.5

2.4–5.0

842

Caste/ethnicitya

 Hill Dalit

66

6.3

4.95–8.02

1042

 Terai Dalit

11

2.1

1.13–3.78

554

 Hill Brahmin

69

4.6

3.52–5.89

1512

 Hill Chhetri

118

5.0

4.10–6.12

2344

 Terai Brahmin/Chhetri

7

3.3

1.36–7.66

217

 Other Terai caste

59

3.1

2.27–4.16

1908

 Newar

27

4.2

2.27–7.58

639

 Hill Janajati

100

3.7

2.97–4.66

2694

 Terai Janajati

20

1.6

0.99–2.61

1266

 Muslim

15

2.4

1.40–3.90

643

 Other

0

0.0

–

43

Total

492

3.8

3.41–4.29

12,862

  1. aStatistically significant confidence interval