Comparing the future plans for children of younger and older women having abortions: Participants were asked the question, Do you intend to have any children in the future?
| ANSWERS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PARTICIPANTS* | WANT MORE CHILDREN, N (%) | UNSURE, N (%) | WANT NO MORE, N (%) | P VALUE |
| Women with children | <.001 | |||
| • < 33 y, n = 230 | 100 (44) | 74 (32) | 56 (24) | |
| • ≥ 33 y, n = 242 | 22 (9) | 57 (24) | 163 (67) | |
| Women without children | < .001 | |||
| • < 33 y, n = 546 | 413 (76) | 108 (20) | 25 (5) | |
| • ≥ 33 y, n = 87 | 47 (54) | 24 (28) | 16 (18) | |
↵* Five women in the ≥ 33 y category and 3 women in the < 33 y category did not give future plans.