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Table 3. (Continued)
Characteristics N No abortion Had abortion (s) Chi square test “P”
Hill 2,041 98.0 2.0
Tarai 2,221 98.2 1.8
Province
Province 1 748 98.8 1.2
Madhesh 855 98.5 1.5
Bagmati 953 98.4 1.6
Gandaki 458 97.8 2.2
Lumbini 823 97.9 2.1
Karnali 293 96.2 3.8
Sudurpaschim 438 97.9 2.1
Wealth index
Poorest 843 99.2 0.8 **
Poor 969 98.2 1.8
Middle 907 98.3 1.7
Rich 1,015 98.1 1.9
Richest 835 96.9 3.1
Education
No education 378 97.4 2.6
Primary 595 97.3 2.7
Some secondary 1,907 98.5 1.5
SLC or Higher 1,688 98.3 1.7
Knowledge
Knowledge of legal status of abortion abortion
Yes 2,574 98.3 1.7
No 1,994 97.9 2.1
(Weighted n) 4,568 4,485 83
All estimates are weighted. Per cents may not sum to 100 due to rounding. *P ≤ 0.05; **P ≤ 0.01; ***P ≤ 0.001. Among women currently not in union there was one woman
a
reporting abortion but due to rounding it is reported as “zero;” SLC: School leaving certificate.

Table 4. Odds ratios of women of having an abortion within 5 years preceding the survey by study variables, Nepal, 2016
Characteristics All women Currently married women
Odds ratio Odds ratio
Demographic characteristics
Age
15 – 19 (r) 1.00 1.00
20 – 24 1.44 1.00
Caste/ethnic group
Chhetri/Bahun (r) 1.00 1.00
Janajati 0.91 0.90
Tarai castes 1.23 1.28
Dalit 0.75 0.71
(Cont’d...)

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