Demographic characteristics of women, type of drug sellers visited and who bought the pills, proportion of women who took a pregnancy test and previous experiences with abortion
| Among women who completed both follow-up interviews (n=394) | ||
| % | n | |
| Age categories | ||
| 18–24 | 22.8 | 90 |
| 25–29 | 32.0 | 126 |
| 30–34 | 23.4 | 92 |
| 35–39 | 16.0 | 63 |
| 40–44 | 5.1 | 20 |
| 45–49 | 0.8 | 3 |
| Median age (IQR) | 28 | (25–33) |
| Parity* | ||
| No children | 33.5 | 76 |
| 1–2 children | 37.4 | 85 |
| 3+ children | 29.1 | 66 |
| Mean (SD) | 1.6 | (1.5) |
| Highest level of education completed | ||
| No schooling or incomplete primary | 0.8 | 3 |
| Primary/junior secondary school | 7.4 | 29 |
| Senior secondary school | 54.1 | 213 |
| Some higher education (or more) | 37.8 | 149 |
| Employment | ||
| Work for someone else/non-family business | 51.5 | 203 |
| Work for own/family business | 24.1 | 95 |
| Housewife | 3.8 | 15 |
| Student | 13.2 | 52 |
| Unemployed | 7.4 | 29 |
| Relationship status | ||
| Currently married or cohabiting | 50.0 | 197 |
| Separated/divorced/widowed | 5.1 | 20 |
| Never married and never lived together with a man | 44.9 | 177 |
| Local government area of recruitment | ||
| Lagos Mainland | 17.0 | 67 |
| Ojo | 18.3 | 72 |
| Oshodi-Isolo | 16.2 | 64 |
| Epe | 8.9 | 35 |
| Ikorodu | 24.4 | 96 |
| Ibeju Lekki | 15.2 | 60 |
| Women who went to each type of drug seller | ||
| Pharmacy | 40.6 | 160 |
| Proprietary patent medicine vendor (PPMV) | 59.4 | 234 |
| Who purchased the medicine | ||
| Medicines bought by the woman | 95.2 | 375 |
| Medicines bought by someone else | 4.8 | 19 |
| Previous pregnancy terminations | ||
| No, has not ended a prior pregnancy | 84.5 | 333 |
| Yes, has ended a prior pregnancy | 15.5 | 61 |
| % of women who took each type of pregnancy test when they suspected they were pregnant† | ||
| Confirmation via test with a doctor | 20.8 | 82 |
| Confirmation via test at a laboratory | 17.5 | 69 |
| Self-administered urine test | 54.6 | 215 |
| No test | 17.0 | 67 |
*Data on parity were only from a subset of the sample (n=227).
†Multiple responses were allowed.