Postabortion Contraceptive Acceptance Rate and Its Determinants among Women Receiving Abortion Service before Discharge from the Health Facilities in Harar, Eastern Ethiopia

Table 1

Socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of study participants in Harar Town health facility, Eastern Ethiopia (N  = 390).

Variables	Category	Frequency (n)	Percent
Age in years	≤19	69	17.7
	20–24	133	34.1
	25–29	105	26.9
	30–34	51	13.1
	≥35	32	8.2
Place of residence	Urban	228	58.5
	Rural	162	41.5
Marital status	Married	206	52.8
	Unmarried	169	43.0
	Others	15	4.2
Educational status of women	No formal education	161	41.3
	Primary education	100	25.6
	Secondary education	100	25.6
	Higher education	29	7.5
Religion	Muslims	255	65.4
	Orthodox	131	33.6
	Protestant	4	1.0
Ethnicity	Oromo	217	55.6
	Amhara	91	23.3
	Harari	45	11.5
	Gurage	26	6.7
	Others	11	2.8
Educational status of husband	No formal education	64	16.4
	Primary education	81	20.4
	Secondary education	150	38.5
	Higher education	95	24.4
Occupation of women	Employed	49	12.6
	Housewife	161	41.3
	Farmer	38	9.7
	Student	12.4	31.8
	Others	18	4.6

Divorced and widowed; Tigray and Somali;unemployed/job seeking.