Characteristics and contraceptive outcomes of women seeking medical or surgical abortion in reproductive health clinics in Cambodia

Table 1 Characteristics of the study sample

	N	%
Type of abortion
Medical	207	41
Surgical	293	59
Age group
Age > 25	343	69
Age < 25	157	31
Residence
Rural	321	64
Urban	179	36
Socio-economic status
No access to motorised transport	65	13
Access to motorised transport	435	87
Level of Education
None or primary	196	39
Some secondary or above	304	61
Marital status
Never married or living together	29	6
Married/living together	464	93
Divorced/separated	7	1
# living children
1 or more	353	71
0	147	29
# previous abortions
0	299	60
1 or more	201	40
Previous contraception use
Yes	299	60
No	201	40
Occupation
Housewife	102	20
Factory worker	76	15
Entertainment worker	27	5
Farmer	32	6
Employed	99	20
Self-employed/own business	134	27
Casual work/casual labour	3	1
Student	17	3
Unemployed	9	2
vOther	1	0
Contraception decision-making^a
Mainly woman	96	21
Mainly husband/partner	78	17
Joint decision	290	63
Phone sharing
Shares	241	48
Never shares	259	52
Disclosure of abortion to others^b
Yes	204	85
No	37	15
PAFP intentions
Yes	187	37
No	42	8
Undecided	271	54
Fertility plans
No more/none	139	28
Have a/another child	308	62
Undecided	53	11
Phone credit
Sometimes	193	39
Usually	128	26
Always	179	36
Randomisation
Intervention	249	50
Control	251	50

ISSN: 2055-7426