Variables | Choice of abortion provider | ||
---|---|---|---|
Women’s knowledge on abortion legality | Safe provider (%) | Unsafe provider (%) | p-value |
Yes | 63.7 | 36.3 | < 0.001 |
No | 40.0 | 60.0 | |
Age | |||
15–29 | 39.5 | 60.5 | < 0.001 |
30–39 | 47.3 | 52.7 | |
40–49 | 53.8 | 46.2 | |
Religious affiliation | |||
Catholics | 50.3 | 49.7 | 0.222 |
Protestants | 40.6 | 59.4 | |
Moslem | 43.8 | 56.3 | |
Pentecostal/Charismatic | 42.2 | 57.8 | |
No religion | 36.2 | 63.8 | |
Educational level | |||
No education | 38.9 | 61.1 | 0.081 |
Primary | 37.6 | 62.4 | |
Secondary + | 43.9 | 56.1 | |
Ethnicity | |||
Akan | 40.5 | 59.5 | < 0.001 |
Ga/Dangme | 38.0 | 62.0 | |
Ewe | 52.8 | 47.2 | |
Mole-dagbani | 40.9 | 59.1 | |
Marital status | |||
Married | 50.8 | 49.2 | < 0.001 |
Cohabiting | 41.6 | 58.4 | |
Not married | 38.4 | 61.6 | |
Parity | |||
0 | 39.3 | 60.7 | 0.001 |
1–2 | 40.5 | 59.5 | |
3 + | 49.5 | 50.5 | |
Ecological zone | |||
Coastal zone | 46.0 | 54.0 | 0.001 |
Middle belt | 37.6 | 62.4 | |
Northern zone | 49.1 | 50.9 | |
Place of residence | |||
Urban | 43.8 | 56.2 | 0.111 |
Rural | 40.0 | 60.0 |