Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of undocumented migrants vs. women with legal residency status (control group) who had voluntary termination of pregnancy (ToP) at the Geneva University Hospitals, Switzerland between March 2005 and October 2006

Mean age in years (SD)

28.0 (5.5)

0

28.2 (7.5)

0

0.77

Continent of origin (%)

Latin America 78.2, Europe 0.6, Asia 8.0, Africa 13.2

1 (0.6)

Europe 82.0, Lat.-America 7.3, Africa 8.7, Asia 1.5, Australia 0.5

2 (1.0)

<0.001

Nationality (%)

Bolivia 43.3, Brazil 13.7, Equator 9.1, Cameroun 6.3, Mongolia 4.0, Philippines 2.3, Colombia 2.9

1 (0.6)

Switzerland 51.9, Portugal 11.1, France 5.8, Brazil 3.4, Spain 2.9

2 (1.0)

<0.001

Civil status:

<0.001

   Single

69.5%

1 (0.6)

79.9%

6 (2.9)

   Married

17.2%

1 (0.6)

19.8%

6 (2.9)

   Divorced

12.6%

1 (0.6)

0.5%

6 (2.9)

   Widowed

0.6%

1 (0.6)

0%

6 (2.9)

Education:

   Education years (SD)

12.3 (3.3)

12 (6.9)

12.8 (3.5)

2 (1.0)

0.19

   Highest achieved education:

0.006

Primary school

5.5%

12 (6.9)

1.5%

2 (1.0)

Secondary school

40.5%

12 (6.9)

56.3%

2 (1.0)

High school degree

34.4%

12 (6.9)

24.3%

2 (1.0)

University

19.6%

12 (6.9)

18.0%

2 (1.0)

Years living in Geneva (SD)

3.8 (7.4)

4 (2.3)

14.8 (10.6)

3 (1.4)

<0.001