Evaluation of a multi-pronged intervention to improve access to safe abortion care in two districts in Jharkhand

Table 3 Awareness of abortion availability and methods at baseline and endline, by sex and overall (n = 2,543)

	Male			Female			Total
	Baseline	Endline		Baseline	Endline		Baseline	Endline
	(n = 620)	(n = 645)		(n = 633)	(n = 645)		(n = 1,253)	(n = 1,290)
	%	%	p-value	%	%	p-value	%	%	p-value
Abortion service sites ¹
Public intervention site²	81.3	90.7	<0.001	78.4	90.7	<0.001	79.8	90.7	<0.001
Public non-intervention site²	22.4	5.9	<0.001	19.6	18.4	0.603	21.0	12.2	<0.001
Private intervention site²	0.0	16.4	<0.001	0.0	12.6	<0.001	0.0	14.5	<0.001
Private non-intervention site	4.8	33.3	<0.001	3.9	43.3	<0.001	4.4	38.3	<0.001
Chemist shop/pharmacy	21.3	7.6	<0.001	24.3	2.9	<0.001	22.8	5.3	<0.001
No idea/do not know	12.9	4.7	<0.001	15.0	1.6	<0.001	14.0	3.1	<0.001
Abortion providers ^1,3
Any health worker⁴	22.0	0.3	<0.001	18.2	1.8	<0.001	20.1	1.0	<0.001
Any qualified doctor⁵	33.1	26.5	0.685	26.8	31.0	0.116	29.9	28.7	0.507
Trained & certified doctor⁶	30.7	71.3	<0.001	37.4	59.7	<0.001	34.1	55.7	<0.001
No idea/do not know	14.3	1.9	<0.001	17.5	7.5	<0.001	15.9	4.6	<0.001
Abortion methods ^1,7
MA	15.8	86.8	<0.001	13.0	72.4	<0.001	14.4	79.6	<0.001
MVA	5.5	32.7	<0.001	5.7	28.5	<0.001	5.6	30.6	<0.001
D&C	4.7	18.0	<0.001	3.6	30.5	<0.001	4.2	24.3	<0.001

¹Respondents were able to select all that apply; the total for each category will not sum to 100%.
²Correct responses according to the India MTP Act.
³Percentage computed among respondents reporting awareness of abortion services.
⁴Includes Nurse, ANM, RMP, etc.
⁵Any medical doctor
⁶Trained and certified medical doctors. Note that the BCC campaign specifically promoted the idea that only CAC trained medical doctors can provide abortion services.
⁷Percentage computed among those who know of any abortion methods.

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