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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the study respondents

From: Bayesian spatial analysis of socio-demographic factors influencing pregnancy termination and its residual geographic variation among ever-married women of reproductive age in Bangladesh

   

Terminated Pregnancies

 

Total

Yes

No

Covariate

Frequency

Column %

Frequency

Row %

Frequency

Row %

Residence

(n = 17,822)

Rural

11659

65.4%

2176

18.7%

9483

81.3%

Urban

6163

34.6%

1290

20.9%

4873

79.1%

Respondent’s Education

(n = 17,822)

No Education

4191

23.5%

878

21.0%

3313

79.1%

Primary

5215

29.3%

1014

19.4%

4201

80.6%

Secondary

6709

37.6%

1242

18.5%

5467

81.5%

Higher

1707

9.6%

332

19.5%

1375

80.6%

Respondent’s Occupation

(n = 17,822)

Not Working

12214

68.5%

2220

18.2%

9994

81.8%

Currently Working

5608

31.5%

1246

22.2%

4362

77.8%

Husband/Partner’s Education

(n = 17,819)

No Education

5050

28.3%

1014

20.1%

4036

79.9%

Primary

4843

27.2%

921

19.0%

3922

81.0%

Secondary

5255

29.5%

992

18.9%

4263

81.1%

Higher

2671

15.0%

537

20.1%

2134

79.9%

Husband/Partner’s Occupation

(n = 17,745)

Not Working

159

0.9%

33

1.0%

126

79.3%

Currently Working

17586

99.1%

3418

99.0%

14168

80.6%

Wealth Index

(n = 17,822)

Poorest

3241

18.2%

548

16.9%

2693

83.1%

Poorer

3353

18.8%

642

19.2%

2711

80.9%

Middle

3616

20.3%

680

18.8%

2936

81.2%

Richer

3755

21.1%

746

19.9%

3009

80.1%

Richest

3857

21.6%

850

22.0%

3007

78.0%

Religion

(n = 17,821)

Islam

16114

90.4%

3160

19.6%

12954

80.4%

Hinduism

1572

8.8%

287

18.3%

1285

81.8%

Buddhism

100

0.6%

14

14.0%

86

86.0%

Christianity

32

0.2%

5

15.6%

27

84.4%

Other

33

0.0%

0

0.0%

3

100%

Marital Status

(n = 17,822)

Married

16792

94.2%

3322

19.8%

13470

80.2%

Separated

239

1.3%

37

15.5%

202

84.5%

Divorced

169

1.0%

19

11.2%

150

88.8%

Widowed

622

3.5%

88

14.2%

534

85.9%

Total Children Ever Born

(n = 17,822)

No

1779

10.0%

196

11.0%

1583

89.0%

One

3963

22.2%

677

17.1%

3286

82.9%

Two

4707

26.4%

973

20.7%

3734

79.3%

Three

3322

18.6%

724

21.8%

2598

78.2%

Four or More

4051

22.7%

896

22.1%

3155

77.9%

Total Children Alive

(n = 17,822)

No

1885

10.6%

221

11.7%

1664

88.3%

One

4235

23.8%

730

17.2%

3505

82.8%

Two

5186

29.1%

1083

20.9%

4103

79.1%

Three

3347

18.8%

724

21.6%

2623

78.4%

Four or More

3169

17.8%

708

22.3%

2461

77.7%

Age of the Respondent

(n = 17,822)

 

Median

IQR

Median

IQR

Median

IQR

Age at Survey Time

30.58

15.00

33.17

13.59

29.83

15.25

Age at First Cohabitation

15.92

3.66

15.75

3.87

15.92

3.58