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Table 2 Socio-demographic and reproductive health characteristics of study respondents (N = 1411)

From: Woman-centered research on access to safe abortion services and implications for behavioral change communication interventions: a cross-sectional study of women in Bihar and Jharkhand, India

 

n (%)

95%CI

Age

  

   < 25 years

301 (21.3)

19.2 - 23.5

   ≥ 25 years

1110 (78.7)

76.5 - 80.8

Schooling

  

   Never Attended

873 (61.9)

59.3 - 64.4

   Up to Medium

366 (25.9)

23.7 - 28.2

   Secondary & above

172 (12.2)

10.5 - 13.9

Family type

  

   Nuclear

621 (44.0)

41.4 - 46.6

   Joint/Extended

790 (56.0)

53.4 - 58.6

Religion

  

   Hindu

865 (61.3)

58.8 - 63.9

   Muslim

152 (10.8)

9.2 - 12.4

   Other

394 (27.9)

25.6 - 30.3

Caste

  

   General

169 (12.0)

10.3 - 13.7

   Scheduled Caste

118 (8.4)

6.9 - 9.8

   Scheduled Tribe

447 (31.7)

29.3 - 34.1

   Other Backward Class

677 (48.0)

45.4 - 50.1

Worked in past one year

  

   Yes

319 (22.6)

20.4 - 24.8

   No

1092 (77.4)

75.2 - 79.6

Main source of household income

  

   Own/Shared Farm

641 (45.4)

42.8 - 48.0

   Daily Wage

431 (30.6)

28.1 - 32.9

   Business

184 (13.0)

11.3 - 14.8

   Salaried/pension

139 (9.9)

8.3 - 11.4

   No Regular Work

6 (0.4)

0.1 - 0.8

   Other

10 (0.7)

0.3 - 1.2

Living standard

  

   Low

1173 (83.1)

81.2 - 85.1

   Medium

168 (11.9)

10.2 - 13.6

   High

70 (5.0)

3.8 - 6.1

Mean number of pregnancies (SD)

3.8 (2.1)

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Mean number of live births (SD)

3.5 (1.9)

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Experienced spontaneous abortion

  

   Yes

189 (14.3)

12.4 - 16.2

   No

1129 (85.7)

83.8 - 87.6

Experienced induced abortion

  

   Yes

61 (4.6)

3.5 - 5.6

   No

1257 (95.4)

94.2 - 96.5