Key determinants of induced abortion in women seeking postabortion care in hospital facilities in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

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Table 1 Study population and variables analyzed (n=304)

Variables	Respondents (%)
Type of abortion
Certainly induced	37 (12%)
Allegedly spontaneous	267 (88%)
Age
<30 years	191 (63%)
≥30 years	113 (37%)
Education
Formal education	99 (33%)
Not educated	205 (67%)
Marital status
Married	186 (61%)
Single/never married	97 (32%)
Widowed/divorced	21 (7%)
Previous abortion
Yes	53 (17%)
No	251 (83%)
Number of living children
0	191 (63%)
≥1	113 (37%)
Pregnancy
Wanted	220 (72%)
Unwanted	84 (28%)
Number of pregnancies
1	88 (29%)
≥1	216 (71%)
Religion
Christian	115 (38%)
Muslim	189 (62%)
Head of household
Woman/husband	70 (23%)
Parents	234 (77%)
Use of contraceptives
Yes	61 (20%)
No	243 (80%)

Table 2 Association between induced abortion and independent variables

Variables	Induced abortion (%)	Unadjusted OR (95% CI)	P-value
Age
<30 years	33 (17%)	5.69 (1.98–16.53)	0.001
≥30 years	4 (4%)	1
Education
Educated	33 (16%)	4.56 (1.57–13.25)	0.005
Not educated	4 (4%)	1
Marital status
Married	2 (1%)	0.03 (0.01–0.15)	<0.001
Single/never married	23 (24%)	1
Widowed/divorced	12 (57%)	4.29 (1.61–11.46)	0.004
Previous abortion
Yes	36 (68%)	529.41 (68.37–4099.39)	<0.001
No	1 (1%)	1
Number of living children
0	10 (5%)	1
≥1	27 (24%)	5.68 (2.63–12.27)	<0.001
Pregnancy
Wanted	6 (3%)	1
Unwanted	31 (37%)	20.86 (8.28–52.58)	<0.001
Number of pregnancies
1	23 (26%)	5.11 (2.48–10.50)	<0.001
≥1	14 (6%)	1
Religion
Christian	23 (20%)	1
Muslim	14 (7%)	0.32 (0.16–0.65)	0.002
Head of household
Woman/husband	8 (3%)	1
Parents	29 (41%)	19.98 (8.54–46.77)	<0.001
Use of contraceptives
Yes	9 (15%)	1
No	28 (12%)	0.75 (0.33–1.69)	0.491

Abbreviations: OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.

Table 3 Key determinants associated with induced abortion

Variables	Multivariate analysis
	Adjusted OR (95% CI)	P-value
Marital status
Married	0.17 (0.03–0.89)	0.036
Single/never married	1.00
Widowed/divorced	3.47 (1.08–11.10)	0.036
Pregnancy
Wanted	1.00
Unwanted	10.45 (3.59–30.41)	<0.001
Head of household
Woman/husband	1.00
Parents	6.83 (2.42–19.24)	<0.001
Model χ^2	111.10	<0.0001
Pseudo-R^2	0.4932
n	304

Abbreviations: OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.