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Table 2 Marginal Effects of Abortion, Safe Abortion and Self Efficacy on Explanatory Variables, GMHS, 2017

From: Abortion experience and self-efficacy: exploring socioeconomic profiles of GHANAIAN women

 

Abortion in last 5 years

Safe Abortion

Abortion Self-Efficacy

Woman’s age

0.00

0.03

0.00

 

(−1.00)

(1.08)

(0.3)

Age squared

0.00

0.00

0.00

 

(0.46)

(−0.65)

(−0.43)

Partner is present

−0.02**

− 0.05

− 0.04***

 

(−2.23)

(−1.23)

(−3.17)

Household size

− 0.00**

0.03***

0.00

 

(−2.18)

(3.50)

(0.02)

Education (None/primary is base)

 Junior secondary school

−0.01

− 0.03

0.02*

 

(−0.89)

(−0.48)

(1.67)

 Senior secondary education

−0.01

0.00

0.02

 

(−1.00)

(0.00)

(1.08)

 Post-secondary education

−0.04**

0.17**

0.00

 

(−2.38)

(1.98)

(0.17)

 Children ever born

−0.02***

− 0.02

0.00

 

(−5.91)

(−0.93)

(−0.56)

 Polygyny

0.04***

0.08

0.03*

 

(2.95)

(1.25)

(1.74)

Religion (Catholic is base)

 Muslim

−0.04**

0.07

− 0.04**

 

(−2.23)

(0.80)

(−2.23)

 Other Christian

−0.01

−0.05

0.00

 

(−0.42)

(−0.73)

(0.2)

 Traditionalist/ Athiest

−0.01

−0.16

− 0.02

 

(−0.43)

(− 0.88)

(− 0.51)

Wealth Quintile (base is Poorest)

 poorer

0.06***

0.00

0.00

 

(3.42)

(0.00)

(0.12)

 middle

0.08***

0.00

0.01

 

(4.40)

(−0.03)

(0.49)

 richer

0.09***

0.03

0.02

 

(4.60)

(0.26)

(0.66)

 richest

0.09***

0.02

0.01

 

(3.94)

(0.14)

(0.30)

Bank account

0.00

0.10**

0.04***

 

(−0.06)

(2.34)

(3.01)

Ownership of radio

0.00

−0.02

0.00

 

(−0.40)

(−0.46)

(0.20)

Ownership of TV

0.01

−0.03

0.03*

 

(0.58)

(−0.39)

(1.65)

urban

0.00

0.02

−0.02

 

(−0.12)

(0.39)

(−1.43)

Access to health facility

−0.01

0.02

0.04***

 

(−0.60)

(0.42)

(3.25)

Perceptions_Abortion legality

0.00

0.13**

0.07***

 

(0.25)

(2.12)

(4.74)

NHIS (covered)

−0.02**

0.09**

–

 

(−2.11)

(2.42)

 

Ethnic Groups (Mole-Dagbani is base)

 Akan

0.02

0.08

0.00

 

(1.17)

(0.93)

(−0.22)

 Ga

0.01

−0.06

0.00

 

(0.58)

(−0.49)

(0.13)

 Ewe

0.00

0.01

−0.02

 

(0.22)

(0.08)

(−0.66)

 Other northerner

0.04**

−0.08

−0.05***

 

(2.22)

(−0.91)

(−2.78)

Regions (Northern is base)

 Western

0.14***

−0.13

−0.01

 

(5.83)

(−0.81)

(−0.47)

 Central

0.11***

−0.21

0.14***

 

(4.26)

(−1.31)

(4.91)

 Greater Accra

0.15***

−0.13

0.05

 

(5.97)

(−0.79)

(1.54)

 Volta

0.13***

−0.02

−0.05

 

(4.55)

(−0.13)

(−1.47)

 Eastern

0.11***

−0.08

−0.14***

 

(4.51)

(−0.48)

(−4.75)

 Ashanti

0.13***

−0.24

0.13***

 

(5.49)

(−1.58)

(5.19)

 Brong Ahafo

0.13***

−0.17

0.11***

 

(5.25)

(−1.11)

(4.17)

 Upper East

0.04*

−0.36**

−0.05**

 

(1.68)

(−2.03)

(−2.17)

 Upper West

0.07***

−0.09

0.12***

 

(2.82)

(−0.54)

(5.25)

# of Observations

6099

609

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  1. T-statistics in parentheses: *- p < 0.10; **- p < 0.05; ***-p < 0.01