Knowledge, Attitude, and Associated Factors towards Safe Abortion among Private College Female Students in Gondar City, Northwest Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 3
Attitude towards safe abortion among private college students in Gondar City, Northwest Ethiopia, 2019 (n = 633).
Variables
Disagree
Agree
N (%)
N (%)
Safe and voluntary abortion should be legal and accessible
461 (72.8)
172 (27.2)
Elective abortion should be legal and accessible under any circumstance
531 (83.9)
102 (16.1)
A woman under 18 requesting safe abortion service should terminate pregnancy
426 (67.3)
207 (32.7)
Safe abortion is acceptable if she is financially unable to rise the child
431 (68.1)
202 (31.9)
Safe abortion is acceptable to prevent mother’s life or fetal anomaly
361 (57.0)
272 (43.0)
It is acceptable for a woman to choose safe abortion because of rape or incent
308 (48.7)
325 (51.3)
Provision of safe abortion after unwanted pregnancy can prevent mothers’ life
271 (42.8)
362 (57.2)
Males/husbands have influences in the decision of aborting
227 (35.9)
406 (64.1)
Safe abortion services should be available at health centre and hospital
198 (31.3)
435 (68.7)
A woman has the right to terminate her pregnancy if she wishes
290 (45.8)
343 (54.2)
Adolescent students use induced abortions to terminate pregnancies
