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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of participants

From: Knowledge of the abortion legislation among South African women: a cross-sectional study

Characteristic

Urban Region N = 628

Rural Region N = 203

Total N = 831

Mean age in years (standard deviation)

28.4 (9.0)

27.3 (8.2)

28.2 (8.9)

Age categories, %

   

   15–19

18.2

17.9

17.8

   20–29

42.6

45.3

43.1

   30–39

24.4

28.3

25.2

   40–49

14.8

8.5

13.8

Marital status, %

   

   Married

35.8

31.7

35.4

   Single, current relationship

50.8

57.4

53.1

   Single, no current relationship

13.3

10.7

11.4

Level of education, %

   

   No formal schooling

3.1

0.9

2.8

   Grade 1-Grade 7 (primary)

15.8

20.8

17.1

   Grade 8-Grade 12 (secondary)

77.6

78.3

77.4

   Tertiary

3.4

0

2.7

Employment status, %

   

   Employed

25.5

32.7

27.6

   Scholar/student

13.6

9.4

12.3

   Unemployed

46.7

44.9

45.7

   Houseminder/disabled/pensioner

14.3

13.1

13.8

Main language spoken, %

   

   Afrikaans

46.0

48.6

46.7

   Xhosa

42.7

50.9

44.2

   English

10.8

0

8.6

   Other

0.5

0.5

0.5