Demographics and pregnancy- or abortion-related characteristics of 178 women in the Netherlands requesting an abortion through Women on Web between 6 March 2019 and 5 March 2020
| Parameter | n=179 |
| n= (%) | |
| Gestational age (days) (missing=24)* | 37 |
| Age (years) | |
| ≤18 | 5 (2.8) |
| 19–29 | 84 (47.2) |
| 30–40 | 84 (47.2) |
| ≥41 | 5 (2.8) |
| Distance (missing=9) | |
| Abortion clinic in town of residence | 41 (24.0) |
| Population size of town of residence (missing=7) | |
| ≥100 000 | 110 (64.3) |
| ≤100 000 | 61 (35.7) |
| Gravidity (missing=20) | |
| 1 | 73 (46.2) |
| 2 | 23 (14.6) |
| 3 | 34 (21.5) |
| >3 | 28 (17.7) |
| Parity (missing=21) | |
| 0 | 74 (47.1) |
| 1 | 35 (22.3) |
| 2 | 29 (18.5) |
| >2 | 19 (12.1) |
| Previous abortions (missing=20) | |
| 0 | 108 (73.5) |
| 1 | 28 (19.0) |
| >1 | 11 (7.5) |
| How did the participant get pregnant (missing=13)† | |
| No use of contraceptives | 89 (53.9) |
| The contraceptives did not work | 70 (42.4) |
| Rape | 4 (2.4) |
| Wanted a pregnancy but situation changed | 2 (1.2) |
| Reasons for abortion (missing=19)† | |
| Cannot have a child at this point of life | 107 (67.3) |
| Financial situation | 67 (42.1) |
| Family is complete | 28 (17.6) |
| Want to finish school | 24 (15.1) |
| Age (too young) | 23 (14.5) |
| Age (too old) | 11 (6.9) |
| Partner does not want to have a child | 7 (4.4) |
| Reasons for choosing online abortion (missing=9)† | |
| Rather self-manage my abortion | 88 (53.3) |
| More comfortable at home | 70 (42.4) |
| Rather keep it private | 69 (41.8) |
| COVID-19 | 61 (37.0) |
| Need to keep it secret from partner/family | 49 (29.7) |
| Prefer to have my partner/friend with me during the process | 42 (25.5) |
| Distance | 39 (23.6) |
| Costs | 38 (23) |
| Work/school | 31 (18.8) |
| Undocumented migrant | 29 (17.6) |
| Do not want to deal with protesters | 21 (12.7) |
| Legal restrictions | 19 (11.5) |
| Find it empowering | 17 (10.3) |
| Not available in my country | 15 (9.1) |
| Abusive partner | 7 (4.2) |
| Other reasons | 4 (2.4) |
| Language of consult | |
| Polish | 64 (36.0) |
| English | 62 (34.8) |
| Dutch | 36 (20.2) |
| Spanish | 6 (3.4) |
| Portuguese | 6 (3.4) |
| Slovakian | 1 (0.6) |
| French | 1 (0.6) |
| Turkish | 1 (0.6) |
Data displayed as n (%) unless indicated otherwise.
*Data displayed as median (IQR) if data not normally distributed.
†Multiple responses allowed, total response percentages exceed 100%.