Participant sociodemographic and reproductive characteristics by group (n=1847)
| Characteristic | Total | Pharmacies | Clinics | P value | |||
| (n=1847) | (n=910) | (n=937) | |||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
| Age | <0.001 | ||||||
| 16–24 years | 465 | 25.2% | 184 | 20.2% | 281 | 30.0% | |
| >24 years | 1382 | 74.8% | 726 | 79.8% | 656 | 70.0% | |
| Education* | 0.132 | ||||||
| No education or less than secondary | 1214 | 65.7% | 737 | 81.0% | 477 | 50.9% | |
| Completed secondary (grade 12) or higher | 633 | 34.3% | 173 | 19.0% | 460 | 49.1% | |
| Residence | 0.141 | ||||||
| City/town | 1736 | 94.0% | 844 | 92.7% | 892 | 95.2% | |
| Countryside | 111 | 6.0% | 66 | 7.3% | 45 | 4.8% | |
| Employment | 0.104 | ||||||
| Currently working | 1448 | 78.4% | 698 | 76.7% | 750 | 80.0% | |
| Not currently working | 399 | 21.6% | 212 | 23.3% | 187 | 20.0% | |
| Marital status* | 0.957 | ||||||
| Currently married | 1566 | 84.8% | 775 | 85.2% | 791 | 84.4% | |
| Not currently married | 281 | 15.2% | 135 | 14.8% | 146 | 15.6% | |
| Parity | 0.932 | ||||||
| 0 | 528 | 28.6% | 191 | 21.0% | 337 | 36.0% | |
| 1–2 | 993 | 53.8% | 538 | 59.1% | 455 | 48.5% | |
| 3+ | 326 | 17.6% | 181 | 19.9% | 145 | 15.5% | |
| Gravidity* | 0.017 | ||||||
| 0 | 414 | 22.4% | 137 | 15.1% | 277 | 29.6% | |
| 1–2 | 822 | 44.5% | 388 | 42.6% | 434 | 46.3% | |
| 3+ | 611 | 33.1% | 385 | 42.3% | 226 | 24.1% | |
| Previous induced abortion* | <0.001 | ||||||
| None | 1207 | 65.3% | 462 | 50.8% | 745 | 79.5% | |
| Previous abortion with medicines | 537 | 29.1% | 408 | 44.8% | 129 | 13.8% | |
| Previous abortion with other methods | 103 | 5.6% | 40 | 4.4% | 63 | 6.7% | |
| Gestational age in weeks, mean (SD) | 6.2 (1.13) | 6.1 (1.11) | 6.3 (1.13) | 0.001 | |||
*Imputed to the mean for missing data. The percentage of missing data were <0.25% of the total sample for each variable.
MA, medical abortion.