Table 1 Background characteristics of pregnancies ending in births and induced abortions in Finland 1996-2006
| Â | All pregnancies | First pregnancies | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Births | Induced abortions | Induced abortions, % | Births | Induced abortions | Induced abortions, % |
N | 622 671 | 114 518 | 15.5 | 197 120 | 45 964 | 18.9 |
Age | ||||||
Less than 20 | 17 517 | 24 798 | 58.5 | 13 202 | 21 016 | 61.3 |
20-24 | 103 343 | 27 997 | 21.3 | 51 647 | 14 801 | 22.2 |
25-29 | 199 249 | 21 532 | 9.7 | 73 937 | 6 073 | 7.6 |
30-34 | 188 793 | 18 989 | 9.1 | 42 969 | 2 574 | 5.6 |
35-39 | 92 810 | 14 646 | 13.5 | 13 235 | 1 120 | 7.7 |
40 or more | 20 959 | 6 556 | 23.5 | 2 130 | 380 | 14.8 |
Marital status | ||||||
Married | 376 705 | 23 931 | 5.9 | 95 184 | 1 373 | 1.4 |
Cohabiting | 150 070 | 18 779 | 11.1 | 62 148 | 5 530 | 8.1 |
Single | 85 033 | 71 805 | 45.7 | 35 675 | 39 061 | 52.2 |
Previous births | ||||||
0 | 257 119 | 58 791 | 18.6 | - | - | - |
1 | 206 033 | 20 385 | 9.0 | - | - | - |
2 | 97 137 | 21 717 | 18.2 | - | - | - |
3 or more | 61 023 | 13 625 | 18.2 | - | - | - |
Previous induced abortions | ||||||
0 | 542 605 | 79 404 | 12.7 | - | - | - |
1 or more | 78 214 | 35 092 | 30.8 | - | - | - |
Socioeconomic position | ||||||
Upper-white collar w. | 108 957 | 6 270 | 5.4 | 37 597 | 1 632 | 4.1 |
Lower-white collar w. | 236 149 | 23 341 | 9.0 | 69 481 | 5 446 | 7.3 |
Blue-collar worker | 95 751 | 15 464 | 13.9 | 27 529 | 4 026 | 12.7 |
Student | 55 481 | 28 442 | 33.8 | 28 769 | 20 908 | 42.0 |
Other | 126 333 | 41 001 | 24.4 | 33 744 | 13 952 | 29.1 |