| Health status and general health problems |
Percentage of women with |
| Gestational stage of abortion |
Number of abortions |
| 0-3 months |
3+ months |
0 |
1 |
2+ |
| Health status1 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Same |
11.5* |
7.4* |
5.6 |
11.1 |
6.9 |
| Better |
41.4* |
18.5* |
43.3 |
31.1 |
34.5 |
| Somewhat worse |
40.2* |
55.6* |
45.6 |
51.1 |
44.8 |
| Much worse |
6.9* |
18.5* |
5.6 |
6.7 |
13.8 |
| Types of general health problems |
|
|
|
|
|
| Body pain |
11.5 |
11.1 |
6.7 |
13.3 |
3.4 |
| Pain in lower abdomen |
13.8 |
14.8 |
6.0*** |
22.2*** |
6.9*** |
| Weakness |
6.9 |
7.4 |
7.5*** |
0.0*** |
20.7*** |
| Total2 |
87 |
27 |
252 |
45 |
29 |
1Indicates perceived health status since last one year in comparison to other woman
of her age.
2For gestational stage of abortion total indicates total number of abortions and for
number of abortions total indicates total number of women who had undergone
abortion.
Significance level by Chi-Sq test: ***at 1% level; * at 10% level |
