Table 1 The lifetime induced abortion rates of the women who were ever married and who had at least one pregnancy in their life according to some basic factors

Type of residence

Rural

462

93,15

21

4,23

13

2,62

34

6,85

496

Urban

690

89,61

47

6,10

33

4,29

80

10,39

770

Statistical result *p < 0.05

Age groups (year)

15–19

38

100,00

0

0,00

0

0,00

0

0,00

38

20–24

143

95,33

7

4,67

0

0,00

7

4,67

150

25–29

199

93,87

11

5,19

2

0,94

13

6,13

212

30–34

145

91,77

9

5,70

4

2,53

13

8,23

158

35–39

177

87,62

12

5,94

13

6,44

25

12,38

202

40–44

99

84,62

10

8,55

8

6,84

18

15,38

117

45–49

91

82,73

10

9,09

9

8,18

19

17,27

110

50+

260

93,19

9

3,23

10

3,58

19

6,81

279

Statistical result *p < 0,01

Education

Illiteracy

753

92,85

35

4,32

23

2,84

58

7,15

811

Literacy

85

89,47

4

4,21

6

6,32

10

10,53

95

Graduated a primary school

248

86,71

23

8,04

15

5,24

38

13,29

286

Graduated a secondary school

26

89,66

1

3,45

2

6,90

3

10,34

29

Graduated a high school or higher

40

88,89

5

11.11

0

0,00

5

11.11

45

Statistical result *p < 0.05

Employment

Unemployed

567

86,17

54

8,21

37

5,62

91

13,83

658

Employed

585

96,22

14

2,30

9

1,48

23

3,78

608

Statistical result *p < 0.0001

Ethnicity

Turkish

398

84,65

39

8,32

33

7,04

72

15,35

470

Kurdish

629

94,16

28

4,19

11

1,65

39

5,84

668

Arabic

93

100,00

0

0,00

0

0,00

0

0,00

93

Zaza

32

91,43

1

2,86

2

5,71

3

8,57

35

Statistical result *p < 0.0001

TOTAL

1152

91,00

68

5,37

46

3,63

114

9,00

1266