Table 2 Comparison between the reference period (2015–2019) and the first COVID-19 lockdown (2020) of profile characteristics of the clients from an abortion centre in a central city in Flanders (Belgium), based on bivariate (multinomial) logistic regressions (n = 4243)

Model b1: Migration background

No migration background (ref. cat.)

43.41

40.82

/

Western- and Southern Europe

6.00

7.14

1.26

Balkan/central Europe/western CIS and Caucasus

12.23

11.73

1.01

Maghreb

11.03

11.39

1.09

Turkey

1.62

1.87

1.25

Middle East

2.55

4.59

1.93**

Sub-Saharan Africa

12.01

11.90

1.06

America and Oceania

5.40

6.97

1.39

Asia

5.71

3.57

0.66

Model b2: Employment status

In paid employment (ref. cat.)

61.07

56.46

/

Studying

6.89

7.82

1.22

Not employed nor studying

22.47

27.21

1.31**

Unknown

9.57

8.50

0.96

Model b3: Educational level

Tertiary education

22.04

17.35

1.01

Non-tertiary education (ref. cat.)

62.60

48.64

/

Unknown foreign education

2.68

3.74

1.78*

Unknown

12.60

30.27

3.09***

Model b4: Marital status

Single/living alone (ref. cat.)

49.58

51.36

/

Married

18.75

22.45

1.15

Unmarried cohabitation

26.14

22.45

0.85

Divorced/in process/widowed

4.94

3.74

0.59*

Model b5: Pregnancy term

0–8 weeks (ref. cat.)

58.02

62.41

/

9–14 weeks

25.95

21.77

0.79*

No abortion

16.03

15.82

0.92

Model b6: Contraceptive method

No modern method (ref. cat.)

50.63

63.78

/

Modern method

49.37

36.22

0.58***

Model b7: Contraceptive use

No usage (ref. cat.)

45.53

57.14

/

Irregular or inaccurate usage

30.57

26.02

0.68***

Correct usage

17.93

12.76

0.57***

Unknown

5.98

4.08

0.54**