Research Article

Late-Term Elective Abortion and Susceptibility to Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms

Table 1

Frequencies of demographic and control variable categories for full sample.

Race

 White85.4%
 Black3.0%
 Hispanic5.7%
 Asian.5%
 Other5.4%

Education at the time of survey
 Less than 12 years2.7%
 High school diploma21.4%
 Technical/associates degree29.2%
 Bachelor degree28.7%
 Graduate degree18.0%

Marital status at the time of abortion
 Married14%
 Unmarried86%

Number of children at time of survey
 None42.0%
 One12.8%
 Two23.0%
 Three13.9%
 Four or more8.2%

Number of abortions
 One73.4%
 Two or more26.6%

Meaningfulness of respondent’s religion
 Not at all8.2%
 Not very4.4%
 Somewhat10.7%
 Important12.1%
 Very important64.6%

Mental health counseling prior to abortion
 Yes27.5%
 No72.5%

Hospitalized for emotional reasons prior to abortion
 Yes3.8%
 No96.2%

Victim of child abuse
 Yes24.1%
 No75.9%

Victim of sexual abuse in childhood or adolescence
 Yes36.7%
 No63.3%

Victim of physical abuse during adulthood
 Yes26.3%
 No73.7%

Victim of sexual abuse during adulthood
 Yes32.5%
 No67.5%