International Family Planning Perspectives |
Length of Counseling Sessions and the Amount
Of Relevant Information Exchanged:
A Study in Peruvian Clinics |
| Table 1. Percentage distribution of abortion clients, by selected characteristics | |
| Characteristic | % |
| BACKGROUND | |
| Education (N=771) | |
| <=primary | 13.2 |
| Secondary | 48.9 |
| Postsecondary | 37.9 |
| Currently in school (N=793) | |
| Yes | 28.8 |
| No | 71.2 |
| Age-group (N=788) | |
| <20 | 13.3 |
| 20-24 | 30.7 |
| 25-29 | 28.6 |
| 30-34 | 15.1 |
| >=35 | 12.3 |
| Marital status (N=774) | |
| Unmarried | 77.9 |
| Married | 22.1 |
| PREGNANCY HISTORY | |
| Previous pregnancies (N=783) | |
| 0 | 45.6 |
| 1-2 | 41.6 |
| >=3 | 12.8 |
| Previous births (N=800) | |
| 0 | 54.1 |
| 1-2 | 37.3 |
| >=3 | 8.6 |
| Prior induced abortions (N=361) | |
| 0 | 87.5 |
| >=1 | 12.5 |
| CIRCUMSTANCES OF PREGNANCY/ABORTION | |
| Weeks since last menstrual period (N=792) | |
| 6-8 | 64.1 |
| 9-12 | 30.3 |
| >12 | 5.6 |
| Used method at conception (N=442) | |
| Yes | 38.7 |
| No | 61.3 |
| Role of partner (N=733) | |
| Supportive | 53.3 |
| Unsupportive | 9.4 |
| Partner does not know | 35.2 |
| Other | 2.0 |
| Total | 100.0 |
| Table 2. Percentage of patients experiencing postabortion complications, by duration of pregnancy (in weeks since last menstrual period), according to severity of complication | ||||
| Duration | N | Total | Mild | Serious |
| Total | 792 | 4.6 | 2.6 | 2.0 |
| 6-8 | 508 | 3.6 | 2.2 | 1.4 |
| 9-12 | 240 | 5.4 | 2.5 | 2.9 |
| >12 | 44 | 11.4 | 9.1 | 2.3 |
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