Characteristics | Women who had an abortion and survived* (n=89 194) | Women who had live births* (n=1 787 268) | P value† |
Maternal age (years) | |||
15–19 | 3591 (4.0) | 55 882 (3.0) | <0.001 |
20–24 | 25 775 (28.9) | 591 640 (32.2) | |
25–29 | 29 310 (32.3) | 634 182 (35.2) | |
30–34 | 17 640 (19.8) | 310 726 (18.0) | |
35–39 | 8975 (10.2) | 132 393 (7.9) | |
40–44 | 2903 (3.5) | 44 215 (2.7) | |
≥45 | 1000 (1.3) | 18 214 (1.1) | |
Missing | 0 (0.0) | 16 (0.0) | |
Marital status | |||
Married | 88 824 (99.6) | 1 772 493 (99.2) | <0.001 |
Single | 370 (0.4) | 14 765 (0.8) | |
Missing | 0 (0) | 10 (0) | |
Maternal education | |||
Tertiary and above | 5221 (5.8) | 85 608 (4.5) | <0.001 |
Secondary school | 29 703 (29.5) | 495 845 (24.7) | |
Primary school/below | 22 053 (24.0) | 433 415 (23.4) | |
Illiterate | 32 074 (40.6) | 771 004 (47.2) | |
Missing | 143 (0.2) | 1396 (0.1) | |
Maternal employment status | |||
In-paid employment | 11 130 (11.0) | 269 348 (13.9) | <0.001 |
Not in-paid employment | 77 471 (89.0) | 1 505 539 (85.5) | |
Missing | 593 (0.6) | 12 381 (0.7) | |
Place of residence | |||
Urban | 16 601 (21.4) | 257 704 (16.8) | <0.001 |
Rural | 72 593 (78.6) | 1 529 564 (83.2) | |
Missing | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
Religion | |||
Hindu | 73 340 (81.0) | 1 468 352 (81.2) | <0.001 |
Muslim | 13 541 (17.3) | 267 750 (16.6) | |
Christian | 878 (0.8) | 24 558 (1.2) | |
Others | 1293 (0.8) | 25 298 (0.8) | |
Missing | 142 (0.2) | 1310 (0.1) | |
Social group | |||
Others | 64 591 (73.2) | 1 217 533 (68.8) | <0.001 |
Schedule caste | 16 656 (19.9) | 345 084 (20.5) | |
Schedule tribe | 7805 (6.7) | 223 345 (10.6) | |
Missing | 142 (0.2) | 1306 (0.1) | |
Wealth/asset index | |||
5: Highest | 20 678 (23.3) | 329 699 (18.7) | <0.001 |
4 | 18 242 (20.4) | 332 053 (18.7) | |
3 | 16 452 (19.1) | 328 566 (19.1) | |
2 | 14 646 (15.9) | 339 755 (18.2) | |
1: Lowest | 12 799 (14.1) | 339 366 (18.7) | |
Missing | 6377 (7.1) | 117 829 (6.6) | |
Antenatal care use | |||
No | 69 113 (76.9) | 244 447 (14.9) | <0.001 |
Yes | 20 081 (23.1) | 1 542 821 (85.1) | |
Missing | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
Self-reported mental illness | |||
No | 88,42 (99.1) | 1 773 403 (99.2) | <0.001 |
Yes | 627 (0.8) | 12 505 (0.7) | |
Missing | 143 (0.2) | 1360 (0.1) | |
Number of surviving children at the point of interview | |||
0 | 2910 (3.3) | 21 854 (1.3) | <0.001 |
1–3 | 55 971 (60.2) | 1 366 546 (74.5) | |
4 or more | 13,92 (17.6) | 394 976 (23.9) | |
Missing | 16 388 (19.0) | 3892 (0.3) | |
Proportion of surviving female children among total surviving children | |||
0% | 19 825 (21.3) | 464 452 (25.2) | <0.001 |
10%–30% | 9710 (11.9) | 250 552 (15.0) | |
40%–60% | 18 198 (20.6) | 452 104 (25.8) | |
70%–90% | 7495 (8.6) | 230 421 (13.1) | |
100% | 15 737 (16.7) | 377 224 (20.0) | |
Missing | 18 229 (21.0) | 12 515 (0.9) | |
Family planning (at the point of interview) | |||
No | 35 117 (39.7) | 690 246 (38.7) | <0.001 |
Yes | 38 960 (42.5) | 832 645 (46.1) | |
Missing | 15 117 (17.8) | 264 377 (15.2) |
*Frequencies are unweighted (true counts). Rates/proportions are weighted for survey design and clustering effects.
†P value shows two-sided p value for χ2 test for difference in proportions.