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Table 6 Percent of respondents who did and did not use their preferred first/only abortion provider by sociodemographic characteristics (N = 1144)

From: Determinants of women’s preferred and actual abortion provision locations in Nigeria

 

Used preferred source (n = 889)

Did not use preferred source (n = 255)

 

Characteristic

n (row %)

n (row %)

p-value

Age

  

0.534

 < 15

30 (96.2)

4 (3.8)

 

15–19

167 (80.1)

48 (19.9)

 

20–24

235 (81.5)

78 (18.5)

25–29

196 (83.1)

46 (16.9)

30–34

140 (82.9)

36 (17.1)

35–39

71 (77.1)

24 (22.9)

40–44

28 (78.4)

14 (21.6)

45–49

7 (79.5)

2 (20.5)

No response

15 (81.5)

3 (18.5)

Married/cohabiting

  

0.812

No

364 (82.0)

85 (18.0)

 

Yes

522 (81.4)

170 (18.6)

 

Was attending school

  

0.341

No

663 (82.6)

192 (17.4)

 

Yes

225 (79.7)

63 (20.3)

 

Had children

  

0.329

No

412 (83.0)

97 (17.0)

 

Yes

476 (80.5)

158 (19.5)

 

Wealth^

  

0.153

Poorest

126 (79.4)

44 (20.6)

 

Second poorest

187 (74.5)

73 (25.6)

 

Middle

168 (84.5)

44 (15.5)

 

Second wealthiest

209 (84.0)

52 (16.0)

 

Wealthiest

196 (84.0)

41 (16.0)

 

Residence

  

0.629

Rural

341 (80.8)

105 (19.2)

 

Urban

548 (82.3)

150 (17.7)

 

State^

  

0.026

Anambra

144 (78.6)

47 (21.4)

 

Kaduna

129 (70.0)

85 (30.0)

 

Lagos

202 (85.0)

36 (15.0)

 

Nasarawa

138 (85.3)

27 (14.7)

 

Rivers

231 (84.6)

42 (15.2)

 

Taraba

45 (71.1)

18 (28.9)

 
  1. ^From time of baseline survey, not time of abortion