Table 2 Percentage distribution of pregnancy termination among married women of reproductive age by individual, household and community characteristics in less developed countries, 2015–2022.

Individual

Age group

***

***

***

NS

***

***

***

24 years or less

12.2[10.5,14.1]

11.9[10.3,13.8]

15.4[14.4,16.5]

6.1[3.7,10.0]

11.8[11.5,12.1]

9.7[9.4,10.1]

11.3[11.1,11.6]

25—34 years

26.6[24.7,28.7]

20.1[18.7,21.6]

26.1[25.1,27.1]

7.1[5.3,9.3]

18.9[18.6,19.2]

15.8[15.5,16.2]

18.5[18.3,18.7]

35 or more years

35.6[32.8,38.4]

27.0[25.7,28.3]

33.6[32.5,34.7]

7.5[6.1,9.1]

21.9[21.5,22.2]

22.2[21.7,22.6]

23.1[22.8,23.3]

Age at first sex

NS

***

***

NS

***

***

***

Less than 18 years

26.3[24.9,27.7]

22.5[21.7,23.4]

28.8[27.8,29.8]

6.9[5.9,8.1]

18.2[18.0,18.4]

16.8[16.5,17.0]

18.3[18.1,18.5]

18 years or more

0

15.7[3.9,46.1]

25.6[24.6,26.5]

13.0[5.0,29.9]

8.0[5.5,11.6]

3.4[1.5,7.6]

24.9[24.0,25.8]

Age at first birth

***

NS

***

*

***

***

***

Less than 18 years

28.3[21.5,36.4]

21.5[19.7,23.4]

30.9[29.3,32.5]

4.7[3.2,6.9]

18.7[18.1,19.3]

15.5[15.0,15.9]

17.8[17.4,18.2]

18 years or more

27.9[26.4,29.4]

23.1[22.0,24.1]

28.5[27.7,29.4]

7.0[5.8,8.6]

19.1[18.8,19.3]

17.5[17.2,17.9]

19.5[19.3,19.7]

Never given birth

8.2[5.8,11.4]

20.2[17.6,23.0]

16.4[15.1,17.8]

9.3[6.0,8.1]

13.5[13.1,13.9]

15.5[14.9,16.1]

14.2[13.9,14.5]

Age at first marriage

**

NS

***

NS

***

***

***

below 18 years

31.2[27.8,34.8]

22.2[20.8,23.7]

30.3[29.2,31.4]

7.4[5.4,10.1]

19.5[19.2,19.9]

16.0[15.6,16.3]

18.9[18.6,19.1]

18 years or more

25.5[24.1,26.9]

22.6[21.6,23.7]

26.2[25.4,27.0]

6.8[5.5,8.3]

17.5[17.2,17.7]

17.4[17.1,17.8]

18.2[18.1,18.4]

Contraceptive use

***

NS

***

NS

***

NS

***

No

23.1[21.6,24.7]

23.3[22.1,24.7]

25.0[24.2,25.8]

7.2[5.9,8.7]

17.3[17.0,17.6]

16.9[16.6,17.2]

17.7[17.5,17.9]

Yes

33.3[30.7,35.9]

21.9[20.8,23.1]

30.2[29.2,31.3]

6.5[5.1,8.2]

19.2[18.9,19.5]

16.4[16.0,16.9]

19.6[19.3,19.8]

Educational attainment

NS

**

***

**

***

***

***

None

25.2[17.8,34.3]

19.6[17.3,22.1]

27.4[26.4,28.5]

4.5[3.3,6.2]

18.4[17.9,18.9]

15.5[15.2,15.9]

17.8[17.5,18.2]

Primary

20.2[15.5,26.0]

20.8[19.6,22.0]

23.5[22.0,25.1]

6.1[5.1,7.4]

20.7[20.2,21.1]

17.2[16.8,17.6]

19.0[18.7,19.3]

Secondary

26.7[25.0,28.3]

24.7[23.2,26.3]

29.3[28.1,30.4]

9.6[7.3,12.4]

17.9[17.6,18.1]

17.4[16.9,17.9]

18.7[18.5,18.9]

Tertiary

25.9[23.1,28.9]

22.6[20.4,25.1]

27.1[25.7,28.5]

20.2[9.2,38.9]

16.2[15.7,16.6]

20.7[19.6,21.8]

18.3[17.9,18.7]

Employment status

***

NS

NS

**

***

***

***

No

24.5[23.0,26.0]

22.5[21.1,23.9]

27.2[26.5,27.9]

24.5[23.0,26.0]

17.7[17.4,17.9]

14.3[13.9,14.6]

17.9[17.7,18.1]

Yes

31.9[29.2,34.7]

22.6[21.4,23.7]

28.2[26.7,29.9]

31.9[29.2,34.7]

21.1[20.6,21.6]

18.4[18.0,18.7]

19.9[19.6,20.2]

Decision-making autonomy

***

NS

NS

NS

***

***

NS

Alone or jointly

30.8[28.3,33.3]

22.5[21.4,23.5]

27.5[26.7,28.4]

7.0[5.6,8.8]

17.9[17.7,18.2]

17.5[17.1,17.9]

18.6[18.4,18.7]

Someone else

24.1[22.5,25.8]

22.6[21.3,24.1]

27.1[26.1,28.2]

6.9[5.5,8.6]

19.6[19.0,20.3]

16.3[15.9,16.6]

18.3[18.0,18.6]

Household Variables

Sex of household head

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

*

Male

26.6[25.1,28.1]

22.8[21.8,23.8]

27.4[26.7,28.1]

7.0[5.9,8.2]

18.2[18.0,18.5]

16.8[16.5,17.0]

18.5[18.4,18.7]

Female

24.5[21.5,27.8]

21.5[19.5,23.6]

27.9[25.9,29.9]

7.2[5.2,9.9]

18.0[17.6,18.5]

16.8[16.3,17.4]

18.1[17.8,18.5]

Partners educational

*

*

*

***

***

***

***

No education

27.1[13.2,47.7]

21.6[19.6,23.7]

26.9[25.9,28.0]

6.8[5.1,9.1]

17.7[17.4,18.0]

15.3[14.9,15.7]

17.6[17.4,17.8]

Primary

19.4[13.3,27.6]

21.1[19.9,22.4]

25.5[23.9,27.1]

5.5[4.5,6.7]

20.3[19.8,20.9]

17.0[16.6,17.4]

18.7[18.4,19.0]

Secondary

25.0[23.2,26.8]

23.9[22.6,25.3]

28.1[27.0,29.3]

6.1[4.5,8.2]

18.9[18.4,19.3]

17.3[16.8,17.7]

19.5[19.2,19.8]

Higher

29.2[27.0,31.6]

23.7[20.8,26.9]

28.2[26.6,29.9]

17.8[10.3,29.1]

18.0[17.4,18.7]

20.6[19.8,21.5]

21.0[20.5,21.6]

Household size

NS

NS

***

NS

***

***

**

5 or less members

26.0[23.6,28.5]

22.8[21.7,24.0]

25.4[24.5,26.4]

6.1[4.9,7.4]

18.8[18.6,19.1]

16.2[15.9,16.6]

18.7[18.5,18.9]

6 or more members

26.4[24.8,28.0]

21.8[20.4,23.3]

29.6[28.7,30.5]

7.8[6.3,9.6]

17.4[17.0,17.7]

17.2[16.9,17.5]

18.2[18.0,18.5]

Wealth index

NS

***

NS

**

***

***

***

Poor

25.3[23.3,27.5]

19.7[18.6,20.8]

27.9[26.9,29.0]

5.0[4.0,6.4]

17.0[16.7,17.2]

15.1[14.7,15.4]

17.2[16.9,17.4]

Middle

25.7[22.7,28.9]

22.2[20.4,24.0]

26.9[25.7,28.2]

6.5[4.7,9.0]

18.7[18.3,19.2]

16.5[16.1,17.0]

18.7[18.4,19.0]

Rich

27.4[25.4,29.5]

24.8[23.3,26.3]

27.2[26.1,28.3]

9.1[7.4,11.2]

19.1[18.8,19.5]

18.5[18.1,19.0]

19.6[19.4,19.9]

Community Variables

Type of place of residence

NS

***

NS

**

***

***

***

Urban

27.5[25.0,30.2]

24.3[22.9,25.7]

27.0[26.1,28.0]

10.7[8.1,14.0]

19.9[19.5,20.3]

18.7[18.2,19.2]

20.5[20.2,20.8]

Rural

25.9[24.2,27.6]

20.4[19.4,21.4]

27.9[26.9,29.0]

6.5[5.5,7.7]

17.3[17.1,17.6]

15.7[15.4,16.0]

17.3[17.2,17.5]

Community wealth index

NS

NS

NS

*

***

NS

***

Low

23.9[18.8,29.9]

22.4[20.1,24.8]

29.3[27.2,31.5]

6.2[3.9,9.8]

16.2[15.9,16.5]

16.2[15.4,17.0]

16.6[16.3,16.9]

Medium

26.0[23.9,28.2]

21.6[20.1,23.1]

27.9[26.8,29.1]

5.4[4.2,6.9]

19.3[18.7,19.9]

16.8[16.4,17.2]

19.0[18.7,19.4]

High

26.9[25.0,29.0]

23.1[21.9,24.4]

26.7[25.7,27.7]

8.6[6.9,10.6]

19.0[18.7,19.3]

16.9[16.5,17.3]

19.0[18.8,19.3]

Community media-exposure

NS

NS

**

NS

***

***

***

Low

22.0[17.6,27.2]

21.5[19.5,23.7]

24.5[23.1,26.0]

5.8[4.6,7.3]

17.2[16.8,17.5]

15.7[15.1,16.3]

17.2[16.9,17.5]

Medium

26.2[24.3,28.3]

22.0[20.5,23.5]

27.9[26.8,29.1]

7.2[5.9,8.9]

19.4[18.8,20.0]

16.7[16.3,17.1]

19.1[18.8,19.4]

High

26.9[24.9,29.1]

23.2[22.0,24.5]

28.1[26.9,29.2]

7.8[5.6,10.8]

18.4[18.0,18.7]

17.2[16.8,17.6]

18.8[18.5,19.0]

Community family planning exposure

*

*

NS

NS

***

NS

***

Low

23.8[21.5,26.2]

20.4[18.9,21.9]

28.2[26.8,29.6]

5.3[4.0,6.9]

18.0[17.5,18.4]

16.7[16.2,17.1]

18.3[18.0,18.6]

Medium

27.1[25.3,29.0]

23.1[21.7,24.7]

27.8[26.7,29.0]

7.3[5.7,9.4]

20.2[19.6,20.8]

17.0[16.6,17.4]

19.6[19.2,19.9]

High

29.0[25.0,33.4]

23.3[21.9,24.9]

26.1[24.9,27.2]

8.4[6.6,10.5]

17.8[17.5,18.1]

16.5[16.0,17.0]

18.0[17.8,18.3]

Community contraceptive use

NS

NS

**

NS

***

NS

***

Low

24.3[22.0,26.8]

22.2[20.5,24.1]

28.5[26.9,30.0]

6.1[4.4,8.5]

17.1[16.6,17.5]

16.9[16.4,17.4]

17.8[17.4,18.1]

Medium

27.2[25.1,29.4]

21.8[20.4,23.3]

28.1[27.0,29.2]

6.1[5.0,7.5]

19.8[19.2,20.5]

17.0[16.6,17.4]

19.4[19.1,19.8]

High

26.6[23.9,29.6]

23.1[21.7,24.6]

25.8[24.6,27.0]

8.5[6.6,10.9]

18.3[18.0,18.6]

16.4[15.9,16.9]

18.4[18.1,18.6]