Women who traveled from restrictive contexts (n = 72) N (%) | Women who traveled from liberal contexts (n = 25) N (%) | All travelers (n = 97) N (%) | |
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Mode of transportation for travel to Britaina | |||
Airplane | 65 (90%) | 22 (88%) | 87 (90%) |
Train | 11 (15%) | 5 (20%) | 16 (16%) |
Bus | 5 (7%) | 1 (4%) | 6 (6%) |
Personal Car | 4 (6%) | 0 | 4 (4%) |
Other | 3 (4%) | 0 | 3 (3%) |
Prefer not to answer/no response | 1 (1%) | ||
Used more than one mode of transportation to travel to Britain | |||
Yes | 12 (17%) | 3 (12%) | 15 (15%) |
No | 60 (83%) | 22 (88%) | 82 (85%) |
Prefer not to answer/no response | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Travel accompaniment | |||
Traveled alone | 17 (24%) | 6 (24%) | 23 (24%) |
Traveled with a companion | 53 (74%) | 19 (76%) | 72 (74%) |
Prefer not to answer/no response | 2 (3%) | 0 | 2 (2%) |
Stayed overnight | |||
Yes | 52 (72%) | 25 (100%) | 77 (79%) |
No | 18 (26%) | 0 | 18 (19%) |
Prefer not to answer/no response | 2 (3%) | 0 | 2 (2%) |
Total travel and accommodation costs | |||
€0 | 7 (10%) | 4 (16%) | 11 (11%) |
€1–100 | 7 (10%) | 0 | 7 (7%) |
€101–500 | 39 (54%) | 9 (36%) | 48 (49%) |
€501–1000 | 14 (19%) | 6 (24%) | 20 (21%) |
More than €1001 | 5 (7%) | 6 (24%) | 11 (11%) |
Prefer not to answer/no response | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cost of abortion procedure | |||
€350–500 | 22 (31%) | 0 | 22 (23%) |
€501–1000 | 25 (35%) | 4 (16%) | 29 (30%) |
More than €1001 | 23 (32%) | 21 (84%) | 44 (45%)a |
I did not have to pay for my abortion | 2 (3%) | 0 | 2 (2%) |
Prefer not to answer/no response | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Time needed to cover the cost of traveling and abortion procedure | |||
Less than a week | 21 (29%) | 9 (36%) | 30 (31%) |
1–4 weeks | 19 (26%) | 3 (12%) | 22 (23%) |
Over 4 weeks | 5 (7%) | 1 (4%) | 6 (6%) |
I didn’t have to raise money | 20 (28%) | 9 (36%) | 29 (30%) |
Prefer not to answer/no response | 7 (10%) | 3 (12%) | 10 (10%) |
Ways in which participants covered the costs of traveling and/or the abortiona | |||
Delayed/put off other expenses | 14 (19%) | 2 (8%) | 16 (16%) |
Assistance from a friend or relative | 17 (24%) | 10 (40%) | 27 (28%) |
Assistance from partner | 16 (22%) | 7 (28%) | 23 (24%) |
Assistance from abortion fund | 5 (7%) | 0 | 5 (5%) |
Used savings | 26 (36%) | 10 (40%) | 36 (37%) |
Used a credit card or received credit from a bank | 10 (14%) | 0 | 10 (10%) |
Other | 5 (7%) | 1 (4%) | 6 (6%) |
Prefer not to answer | 3 (4%) | 1 (4%) | 4 (4%) |
Difficulty of covering travel costs | |||
Very or somewhat easy | 18 (25%) | 8 (32%) | 26 (27%) |
Very or somewhat difficult | 51 (71%) | 16 (64%) | 67 (69%) |
Prefer not to answer/no response | 3 (4%) | 1 (4%) | 4 (4%) |
Difficulty of covering abortion cost | |||
Very or somewhat easy | 12 (17%) | 6 (24%) | 18 (19%) |
Very or somewhat difficult | 56 (78%) | 18 (72%) | 74 (76%) |
I did not have to pay for my abortion | 2 (3%) | 0 | 2 (2%) |
Prefer not to answer/no response | 2 (3%) | 1 (4%) | 3 (3%) |
Overall difficulty of traveling | |||
Very or somewhat easy | 31 (43%) | 14 (56%) | 45 (46%) |
Very or somewhat difficult | 40 (56%) | 11 (44%) | 51 (53%) |
Prefer not to answer/no response | 1 (1%) | 0 | 1 (1%) |
Time off of work | |||
Yes | 49 (68%) | 15 (60%) | 64 (66%) |
No | 19 (26%) | 10 (40%) | 29 (30%) |
Prefer not to answer/no response | 4 (6%) | 0 | 4 (4%) |
Lost Wages (if time off work, n = 64)** | |||
Yes | 16 (33%) | 4 (27%) | 20 (31%) |
No | 30 (61%) | 9 (60%) | 39 (61%) |
Prefer not to answer/no response | 3 (6%) | 2 (13%) | 5 (8%) |