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Table 4 Means of travel, travel costs, and travel experiences

From: Cross-country abortion travel to England and Wales: results from a cross-sectional survey exploring people’s experiences crossing borders to obtain care

 

Women who traveled from restrictive contexts (n = 72) N (%)

Women who traveled from liberal contexts (n = 25) N (%)

All travelers (n = 97) N (%)

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%)

  1. aMore than one answer was possible, percentages may exceed 100%
  2. **Total n the number of participants who indicated that they had to take time off of work