Magnitude of Induced Abortion and Associated Factors among Female Students of Hawassa University, Southern Region, Ethiopia, 2019

Table 3

Participants’ knowledge of a place and complication of abortion at Hawassa University, SNNPR, Ethiopia, April 2019.

Characteristics		Number	%
Have you heard about emergency contraceptive drug?	Yes	406	96.2
	No	9	2.1
	Not sure	7	1.7
Did you use emergency contraceptive following sex?	Yes	326	77.3
	No	96	22.7
Have you had abortion?	Yes	290	68.7
	No	132	31.3
Reasons for undertaking abortion	Because it affects my education	98	33.7
	Because I cannot raise a child	96	33.1
	To protect social stigma	65	22.4
	Because I got pregnant due to sexual assault	22	7.6
	Others	11	3.2
Did you know where abortion is performed legally?	Yes	265	62.8
	No	156	37.0
	Am not sure	1	0.2
Respondent place of performing abortion	Community pharmacy	76	26.4
	Health center	104	35.8
	Private clinic	109	37.5
	Traditional	1	0.3
How long since undertaking of abortion?	1 month	72	24.8
	2 months	114	39.3
	3 months	90	31.0
	Do not know	14	4.9
Did you face infection during abortion?	Yes	87	30.0
	No	203	70.0
Did you face bleeding during abortion?	Yes	15	5.1
	No	275	94.9
Type of procedure	Medication	156	53.8
	Instrument	134	46.2
If your partner does not volunteer to use a condom, what would you do?	Stop sexual intercourse	222	52.6
	Try to convince them to use condom	177	41.9
	Practice sexual intercourse without using condom	23	5.5