Table 2 Characteristics of abortion services received by study respondents at selected primary and secondary level public health facilities, Madhya Pradesh, India 2014
|  | Primary facilities (n = 742) | Secondary facilities (n = 294) | p-value | All facilities (1036) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | n | % | n | % | Â | n | % |
Diagnosis | |||||||
 Induced | 575 | 77.5% | 154 | 52.4% | 0.000 | 729 | 70.4% |
 Incomplete abortion | 167 | 22.5% | 140 | 47.6% | 0.000 | 307 | 29.6% |
Gestation (duration of pregnancy) | |||||||
 6–8 weeks | 661 | 89.1% | 256 | 87.1% | 0.360 | 917 | 88.5% |
 8–12 weeks | 66 | 8.9% | 22 | 7.5% | 0.462 | 88 | 8.5% |
 More than 12 weeks | 15 | 2.0% | 16 | 5.4% | 0.004 | 31 | 3.0% |
Mean gestation (SD) | Â | 7.0 (1.9) | Â | 7.5 (2.6) | 0.002 | Â | 7.1 (2.2) |
Abortion methods | |||||||
 MVA | 380 | 51.2% | 150 | 51.0% | 0.955 | 530 | 51.2% |
 EVA | 61 | 8.2% | 48 | 16.3% | 0.000 | 109 | 10.5% |
 MA | 292 | 39.4% | 53 | 18.0% | 0.000 | 345 | 33.3% |
 D&C | 9 | 1.2% | 43 | 14.6% | 0.000 | 52 | 5.0% |
Mean distance travelled in km (sd) | 12.6 (35.3) | Â | 25.7 (26.38) | Â | 0.000 | 16.3 (33.54) | Â |
Received post-abortion contraceptives | 692 | 93.3% | 240 | 81.6% | 0.000 | 932 | 90.0% |
Reference source (referred by) | |||||||
 Outreach workers (ANM,ASHA,AWW) | 172 | 23.2% | 44 | 15.0% | 0.003 | 216 | 20.8% |
 NGO workers | 2 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.3% | 0.848 | 3 | 0.3% |
 Others | 568 | 76.5% | 249 | 84.7% | 0.003 | 817 | 78.9% |
Accompanied to the facility by outreach workers | 134 | 18.1% | 40 | 13.6% | 0.083 | 174 | 16.8% |