Table 4 Reasons for abortion and the choice of abortion methods before and during COVID-19 lockdown.

From: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sexual and reproductive health among women with induced abortion

Variable

Before COVID-19a

n/N (%)

During COVID-19b

n/N (%)

Statistics

P valuec

Reasons for abortion

Social factors

1275/1999 (63.8)

1349/1700 (79.4)

\(\upchi _{2}^{2}\) = 109.359

< .001

Medical concerns

708/1999 (35.4)

347/1700 (20.4)

  

Policy issues

16/1999 (0.8)

4/1700 (0.2)

  

Abortion methods

Surgical abortion

1742/2003 (87.0)

1492/1696 (88.0)

\(\upchi _{1}^{2}\) = 0.839

.360

Medical abortion

261/2003 (13.0)

204/1696 (12.0)

  
  1. an = number who answered the question; denominator is not always 2054 because of missing data.
  2. bn = number who answered the question; denominator is not always 1735 because of missing data.
  3. cTwo-tailed χ2 analysis conducted for significance testing.
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