Women’s sociodemographic characteristics and how they learnt of service by type of service received from patent medicine vendors
| Characteristic | Abortion (n=193) | Post-abortion care (n=67) | Total (n=260) | P value |
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||
| Age (years) | 0.903 | |||
| 15–19 | 17 (8.8) | 7 (10.4) | 24 (9.2) | |
| 20–24 | 33 (17.1) | 12 (17.9) | 45 (17.3) | |
| 25+ | 143 (74.1) | 48 (71.6) | 191 (73.5) | |
| Relationship status* | 0.826 | |||
| Married | 132 (68.8) | 47 (70.1) | 179 (69.1) | |
| Living with partner, but not married | 3 (1.6) | 1 (1.5) | 4 (1.5) | |
| Have a steady partner, but not living together | 33 (17.2) | 13 (19.4) | 46 (17.8) | |
| Separated/ivorced | 5 (2.6) | 0 (0) | 5 (1.9) | |
| No steady partner | 19 (9.9) | 6 (9) | 25 (9.6) | |
| Educational attainment | 0.707 | |||
| No formal/some primary | 15 (7.8) | 5 (7.5) | 20 (7.7) | |
| Completed primary | 11 (5.7) | 1 (1.5) | 12 (4.6) | |
| Some secondary | 22 (11.4) | 6 (9) | 28 (10.8) | |
| Completed secondary | 16 (39.4) | 30 (44.8) | 106 (40.8) | |
| Some tertiary | 31 (16.1) | 13 (19.4) | 44 (16.9) | |
| Completed tertiary | 38 (19.7) | 12 (17.9) | 50 (19.2) | |
| Religious affiliation† | 0.004 | |||
| Catholic | 30 (15.5) | 22 (32.8) | 52 (20) | |
| Non-Catholic | 89 (46.1) | 26 (38.8) | 115 (44.2) | |
| Islam | 73 (37.8) | 19 (28.4) | 92 (35.4) | |
| None | 1 (0.5) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.4) | |
| Gestational age (weeks)† | ||||
| <13 | 188 (97.9) | 62 (93.9) | 250 (96.9) | 0.108 |
| ≥13 | 4 (2.1) | 4 (6.1) | 8 (3.1) | |
| Heard or received abortion information in past year | 137 (71) | 38 (56.7) | 175 (67.3) | 0.03 |
| Source of abortion information‡ | ||||
| Friend | 89 (65) | 21 (55.3) | 110 (62.9) | 0.274 |
| Family member | 37 (27) | 7 (18.4) | 44 (25.1) | 0.398 |
| Medical provider | 46 (33.6) | 17 (44.7) | 63 (36) | 0.252 |
| Pharmacist/TBA/CHEW | 4 (2.1) | 1 (1.5) | 5 (1.9) | 0.766 |
| Radio/TV/internet/newspaper | 23 (11.9) | 13 (19.4) | 36 (13.8) | 0.126 |
| Billboards/street theatre/pamphlet | 4 (2.1) | 1 (1.5) | 5 (1.9) | 0.766 |
| Hotline | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 |
| Peer educators/community leaders/women’s group/community-based organisation | 7 (3.6) | 6 (9) | 13 (5) | 0.085 |
| How learned about abortion services at specific PMV‡ | ||||
| Friend | 82 (42.5) | 29 (43.8) | 111 (42.7) | 0.91 |
| Family member | 44 (22.8) | 26 (38.8) | 70 (26.9) | 0.01 |
| Medical provider | 45 (23.3) | 14 (20.9) | 59 (22.7) | 0.684 |
| Pharmacist/TBA/CHEW | 2 (1) | 2 (3) | 4 (1.5) | 0.264 |
| Radio/TV/internet/newspaper | 4 (2.1) | 4 (6) | 8 (3.1) | 0.111 |
| Billboards/street theatre/pamphlet | 2 (1) | 0 (0) | 2 (0.8) | 0.403 |
| Hotline | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 |
| Peer educators/community leaders/women’s group/community-based organisation | 2 (1) | 3 (4.5) | 5 (1.9) | 0.07 |
*One participant was missing data on relationship status.
†One woman was missing data on gestational age.
‡Multiple response question.
CHEW, community health extension worker; PMV, patent medicine vendor; TBA, traditional birth attendants.