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Table 4 The distribution of induced abortions in different data sets

From: Births and induced abortions among women of Russian, Somali and Kurdish origin, and the general population in Finland –comparison of self-reported and register data

 

General population

Russian

Somali

Kurdish

18–29 years a

n = 181

n = 83

n = 65

n = 63

 Survey data 1, women with at least one induced abortion, %

6.6 (3.6–11.8)

19.6 (11.4–31.5)**

0.7 (0.1–3.9)*

3.6 (1.0–11.8)

 Register data 2, women with at least one induced abortion, %

7.0 (3.9–12.2)

12.5 (6.1–23.8)

17.6 (9.0–31.5)*

6.2 (2.6–14.2)

 Combined data 3, women with at least one induced abortion %

7.7 (4.5–13.1)

20.0 (11.8–31.9)**

18.5 (9.8–32.1)*

7.8 (3.6–15.9)

30–64 years b

n = 447

n = 255

n = 99

n = 159

 Survey data 1, women with at least one induced abortion, %

16.4 (13.1–20.3)

66.2 (59.7–72.1)***

1.1 (0.4–3.2)***

31.2 (24.6–38.6)***

 Register data 2, women with at least one induced abortion, %

17.7 (14.2–21.8)

22.8 (17.6–29.1)

7.6 (3.6–15.0)*

21.8 (16.7–28.0)

 Combined data 3, women with at least one induced abortion, %

20.8 (17.2–25.0)

68.9 (62.5–74.7)***

10.1 (5.2–18.7)*

37.8 (30.9–45.3)***

18–64 years c, combined data 3

n = 682

n = 308

n = 164

n = 222

 no induced abortions, %

83.2 (80.0–85.9)

46.6 (41.2–52.0)***5

85.6 (77.6–91.1)

71.8 (66.2–76.9)***5

 one induced abortion, %

13.5 (11.1–16.6)

21.3 (16.8–26.5)

8.4 (4.6–14.9)

14.9 (11.1–19.8)

 ≥2 induced abortions, %

3.3 (2.2–5.0)

32.2 (27.6–37.1)

6.0 (2.7–12.8)

13.2 (9.6–18.0)

Mean number of abortions

 among women who had at least one induced abortion

1.3 (1.1–1.4)

2.3 (2.1–2.6) ***

2.0(1.5–2.5)**

2.0 (1.6–2.2)***

 among all women

0.2 (0.2–0.3)

1.3 (1.1–1.5)***

0.3 (0.2–0.4)

0.5 (0.4–0.7)***

Women with at least one induced abortion, model-adjusted d %

17.9 (14.7–21.6)

60.0 (54.4–65.4)***

NA

35.3 (28.8–42.5)***

  1. 1 Survey data:
  2. Migrant Health and Wellbeing Study and the Health 2011 Survey
  3. Age-adjusted and weighted proportions
  4. a18–29 years age adjusted
  5. b30–64 years age adjusted
  6. 2 Register data:
  7. Medical Birth Register and the Register of Induced Abortions
  8. Age-adjusted and weighted proportions
  9. 3 Combined survey and register data:
  10. Combined data from the surveys, Medical Birth Register and Register of Induced Abortions
  11. Age-adjusted and weighted proportions
  12. c18–64 years age adjusted
  13. NA = Too few observations for statistical analysis
  14. dAdjusted for age, work status, marital status and education
  15. Statistically significant differences compared to the Finnish reference group (Satterthwaite adjusted F-statistic):
  16. *p-value < 0.05
  17. **p-value < 0.01
  18. ***p-value < 0.001
  19. 5Overall p-value for the difference of the multinomial distribution between general population and the migrant group