Table 2 Percentage distribution of abortion experiences and knowledge in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana, 2018a
Abortion-related measures | Côte d’Ivoire | Ghana | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% | N | Abortion-related measures | % | N | |
Ever had a likely abortionb | Ever had an abortionb | ||||
No | 76.24 | 2087 | No | 75.01 | 3463 |
Yes | 23.76 | 647 | Yes | 24.99 | 1131 |
Clinical source of abortion carec | Clinical source of abortion carec | ||||
No | 64.94 | 427 | No | 63.68 | 124 |
Yes | 35.06 | 220 | Yes | 36.32 | 66 |
Believes abortion brings shame to woman's family | n/a | ||||
No | 42.79 | 1197 | |||
Yes | 57.21 | 1538 | |||
Knowledge of abortion legality | % | # | Knowledge of abortion legality | % | # |
Is there a law on abortion in Côte d’Ivoire? | Are there any circumstances under which the law in Ghana allows a woman to have an abortion? | ||||
Yes | 24.27 | 670 | Yes | 36.87 | 1663 |
No | 72.30 | 1991 | No | 59.65 | 2715 |
Don't know | 3.44 | 74 | Don't know | 3.48 | 215 |
Are there instances when it is legal to have an abortion?d | Knowledge of specific legal indicationsd | ||||
Yes | 55.40 | 351 | Life at risk | 84.52 | 1397 |
No | 38.49 | 273 | Physical health at risk | 54.12 | 881 |
Don’t know | 6.11 | 46 | Pregnancy is from rape | 52.75 | 883 |
Pregnancy is from incest | 44.23 | 718 | |||
Fetal anomaly | 52.77 | 885 | |||
Women is mentally incapacitated | 34.20 | 540 | |||
Women's mental health is at risk | 41.19 | 666 | |||
Awareness of abortion legality | Awareness of abortion legality | ||||
Not aware of law | 75.73 | 2065 | Not aware of abortion legality | 63.14 | 2930 |
Aware of law | 10.82 | 319 | Aware of abortion legality | 31.19 | 1419 |
Aware of abortion legality | 13.45 | 351 | Knowledgeable about law (i.e., aware of all legal indications) | 5.67 | 242 |
Total | 100.00 | 2735 | 100.00 | 4594 | |