Table 2 Background characteristics of the study participants in East Africa
From: Individual and community-level factors of abortion in East Africa: a multilevel analysis
Variables | Weighted frequency | Percentage (%) |
|---|---|---|
Residence | ||
 Urban | 85,577 | 19.83 |
 Rural | 345,941 | 80.17 |
Distance to the health facility | ||
 Not a big problem | 225,089 | 55.14 |
 A big problem | 183,147 | 44.86 |
Age (years) | ||
 < 20 | 8,010 | 1.86 |
 20–35 | 217,131 | 50.32 |
 > 35 | 206,377 | 47.83 |
Education status | ||
 No | 131,830 | 30.55 |
 Primary | 224,915 | 52.12 |
 Secondary | 65,446 | 15.17 |
 Higher | 9,329 | 2.16 |
Marital status | ||
 Single | 9,961 | 2.31 |
 Married | 357,323 | 82.81 |
 Divorced | 21,809 | 5.05 |
 Widowed | 16,328 | 3.78 |
 Separated | 26,098 | 6.05 |
Wealth index | ||
 Poorest | 96,539 | 22.37 |
 Poorer | 90,637 | 21.00 |
 Middle | 88,611 | 20.54 |
 Richer | 84,887 | 19.67 |
 Richest | 70,841 | 16.42 |
Currently working | ||
 No | 132,892 | 30.80 |
 Yes | 298,590 | 69.20 |
Mass media exposure | ||
 No | 238,453 | 55.26 |
 Yes | 193,065 | 44.74 |
Smoking | ||
 No | 412,820 | 95.67 |
 Yes | 18,696 | 4.33 |
Preceding birth interval (months) | ||
 < 24 | 82,713 | 26.52 |
 ≥ 24 | 229,216 | 73.48 |
Alcohol use | ||
 No | 360,744 | 83.60 |
 Yes | 70,774 | 16.40 |
Contraceptive use | ||
 Non- user | 259,159 | 60.06 |
 Traditional | 14,932 | 3.46 |
 Modern | 157,428 | 36.48 |
History of terminated pregnancy | ||
 No | 401,233 | 92.98 |
 Yes | 30,285 | 7.02 |
Parity | ||
 1–4 | 188,352 | 43.65 |
 5 +  | 243,167 | 56.35 |