Reasons for termination of pregnancy by educational status
| Reason | Educational status [n (%)] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GCSE | A-level | Degree | Unknown | Total | |||||
| Money worries | 48 | (21.3) | 24 | (26.1) | 31 | (21.4) | 8 | (12.3) | 111 |
| Contraceptive failure | 36 | (16.0) | 22 | (23.9) | 34 | (23.4) | 16 | (24.6) | 108 |
| May affect education or career | 33 | (14.7) | 14 | (15.2) | 26 | (17.9) | 4 | (6.2) | 77 |
| Family complete | 31 | (13.8) | 11 | (12.0) | 16 | (11.0) | 13 | (20.0) | 71 |
| Not in a relationship/unmarried | 28 | (12.4) | 9 | (9.8) | 15 | (10.3) | 9 | (13.8) | 61 |
| Unstable relationship | 16 | (7.1) | 3 | (3.3) | 11 | (7.6) | 7 | (10.8) | 37 |
| Do not think partner is a suitable father | 5 | (2.2) | 3 | (3.3) | 4 | (2.8) | 5 | (7.7) | 17 |
| Never wanted children | 10 | (4.4) | 4 | (4.3) | 2 | (1.4) | 0 | (0.0) | 16 |
| Unsatisfactory relationship | 5 | (2.2) | 1 | (1.2) | 3 | (2.1) | 2 | (3.1) | 11 |
| Violent relationship | 9 | (4.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 1 | (1.5) | 10 |
| Others | 4 | (1.8) | 1 | (1.2) | 3 | (2.1) | 0 | (0.0) | 8 |
| Total | 225 | 92 | 145 | 65 | 527 | ||||
GCSE, General Certificate of Secondary Education.