Table 2 Percentage distribution of type of contraception method adopted post abortion among currently married women in the last five years by explanatory variables in India, NFHS-5, 2019–21
Background variables | No method | Spacing method | Permanent method |
|---|---|---|---|
Place of residence | |||
Urban | 55.9 | 36.6 | 7.4 |
Rural | 61.9 | 31.1 | 7.0 |
Region | |||
North | 57.3 | 37.8 | 5.0 |
Central | 53.7 | 40.7 | 5.6 |
East | 54.3 | 37.2 | 8.5 |
North East | 53.6 | 45.2 | 1.2 |
West | 55.8 | 33.8 | 10.4 |
South | 78.4 | 13.5 | 8.2 |
Caste | |||
SC/ST | 59.0 | 32.4 | 8.7 |
OBC | 63.5 | 30.5 | 6.0 |
Others | 54.6 | 38.0 | 7.4 |
Religion | |||
Hindu | 59.6 | 32.9 | 7.6 |
Non-Hindu | 60.1 | 34.8 | 5.1 |
Age of women (in completed years) | |||
15–29 | 64.0 | 31.3 | 4.8 |
30–39 | 52.3 | 36.9 | 10.7 |
40 + | 64.4 | 26.6 | 9.0 |
Educational status | |||
No education | 61.9 | 28.0 | 10.1 |
Primary | 51.1 | 36.5 | 12.4 |
Secondary | 59.9 | 33.4 | 6.7 |
Higher | 62.3 | 34.1 | 3.6 |
Child sex composition | |||
No child | 81.3 | 18.7 | 0.0 |
Only son | 57.9 | 36.6 | 5.5 |
Only daughter | 64.3 | 32.1 | 3.7 |
Both | 54.1 | 34.2 | 11.8 |
Parity of women | |||
Less than 2 children | 66.6 | 32.5 | 1.0 |
More than 2 children | 55.4 | 33.6 | 11.0 |
Ideal number of children in relation to actual living children | |||
Ideal = actual | 51.7 | 37.7 | 10.7 |
Ideal is more than actual | 70.1 | 28.4 | 1.5 |
Ideal is less than actual | 57.7 | 32.0 | 10.3 |
Age at abortion (in completed years) | |||
Less than 20 | 74.0 | 25.0 | 1.0 |
21–24 | 66.6 | 29.2 | 4.3 |
25–29 | 56.4 | 35.2 | 8.4 |
30 + | 55.2 | 35.6 | 9.2 |
Timing of abortion | |||
First trimester | 57.6 | 35.1 | 7.3 |
Second trimester | 72.1 | 21.5 | 6.4 |
Place of abortion | |||
Public facility | 56.9 | 32.9 | 10.2 |
Private facility | 61.0 | 31.5 | 7.5 |
Home | 58.9 | 37.3 | 3.8 |
Person performed abortion | |||
Health professional | 60.3 | 31.4 | 8.3 |
Others/self | 58.1 | 37.4 | 4.4 |
Method used for abortion | |||
Surgical | 57.4 | 32.9 | 9.8 |
Non-surgical | 60.5 | 33.3 | 6.2 |
Reason for abortion | |||
Unplanned pregnancy | 51.5 | 40.2 | 8.3 |
Medical issues | 74.4 | 20.5 | 5.1 |
Others | 58.2 | 34.2 | 7.6 |
Total | 59.6 | 33.2 | 7.2 |