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Table 4 Health related characteristics of the respondents, Tigray region, 2015

From: Determinants of repeated abortion among women of reproductive age attending health facilities in Northern Ethiopia: a case–control study

Variables

Controls

Cases

Total

P-Value

 

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

Have you ever use FP

 Yes

138 (67.6)

72 (68.6)

210 (68.2)

0.86

 No

66 (32.4)

33 (31.4)

99 (32.0)

Type of FP

 Injectable

82 (59.4)

52 (72.2)

134 (63.8)

0.13

 Pill

41 (29.7)

10 (13.9)

51 (24.3)

 Implanon

9 (6.5)

4 (5.6)

13 (6.2)

 IUCD

1 (0.7)

-

1 (0.5)

 condom

5 (3.6)

6 (8.3)

11 (5.2)

Have you ever use emergency contraceptive (EC)

 Yes

44 (38.3)

26 (43.3)

70 (40.0)

0.51

 No

71 (61.7)

34 (56.7)

105 (60.0)

After what time did you use EC

 Within 1 day

10 (22.7)

13 (50)

23 (32.9)

0.08

 After 1 day

14 (31.8)

2 (7.7)

16 (22.9)

 After 2 day

15 (34.1)

3 (11.5)

18 (25.7)

 After 3 day

5 (11.4)

8 (30.8)

13 (18.6)

Did you have plan to use FP for the future

 Yes

184 (90.2)

89 (84.8)

273 (88.3)

0.18

 No

20 (9.8)

16 (15.2)

36 (11.7)

Did you know when the fertility is return after manustration

 Yes

140 (68.6)

56 (53.3)

196 (63.4)

0.01

 No

64 (31.4)

49 (46.7)

113 (36.6)

When to return fertility after manustration

 1–8 days

45 (32.1)

6 (10.7)

51 (26)

0.01

 9–18 days

84 (60.0)

46 (82.1)

130 (66.3)

 After 18 days

11 (7.9)

4 (7.1)

15 (7.7)

Regularity of the manustration

 Regular

129 (63.2)

63 (60.0)

192 (62.1)

0.69

 Irregular

67 (32.8)

38 (36.2)

105 (34.0)

 I do no

8 (3.9)

4 (3.8)

12 (3.9)

Having a repeated abortion can result in abortion

 Agree

129 (63.2)

63 (60)

192 (62.1)

0.04

 I do no

67 (32.8)

38 (36.2)

105 (34.0)

 Disagree

8 (3.9)

4 (3.8)

12 (39.0)