Circumstances in which abortion should be legal | Legal by current law | Not considered legal by current law | ||||||||||
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Rape | Life risk* | Rape of a woman with developmental disabilities | Health risk | Mental health risk | Severe foetal malformations* | Woman´s will less than 12 weeks of pregnancy* | Any foetal malformation* | Lack financial resources | Contraceptive failure* | |||
Medicine | First year N = 219 | n | 193 | 158 | 159 | 90 | 60 | 136 | 8 | 18 | 19 | 13 |
% | 88.10 | 72.10 | 72.60% | 41.10 | 27.40 | 62.10 | 3.70 | 8.20 | 8.70 | 5.90 | ||
Last year N = 263 | n | 248 | 255 | 240 | 147 | 121 | 251 | 57 | 34 | 33 | 28 | |
% | 94.10 | 96.90 | 91.30 | 55.80 | 45.90 | 95.50 | 21.20 | 13.00 | 12.50 | 10.70 | ||
p value | 0.05 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.05 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | |||||
Nursing | First year N = 65 | n | 59 | 43 | 51 | 32 | 20 | 36 | 5 | 18 | 8 | 4 |
% | 90.80 | 66.20 | 78.50 | 49.20 | 30.80 | 55.40 | 7.70 | 27.70 | 12.30 | 6.10 | ||
Last year N = 37 | n | 35 | 31 | 30 | 16 | 15 | 32 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 0 | |
% | 94.80 | 83.80 | 81.70 | 42.90 | 40.30 | 86.40 | 7.80 | 38.20 | 5.20 | 0.00 | ||
p value | 0.05 | |||||||||||
Midwifery | First year N = 30 | n | 28 | 22 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
% | 93.30 | 73.30 | 86.70 | 43.30 | 23.30 | 56.70 | 6.70 | 6.70 | 3.30 | 3.30 | ||
Last year N = 36 | n | 34 | 33 | 29 | 20 | 19 | 35 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | |
% | 94.40 | 91.70 | 80.60 | 55.60 | 52.80 | 97.20 | 19.40 | 22.20 | 11.10 | 8.30 | ||
p value | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | |||||||||
Other studies | First year N = 73 | n | 71 | 49 | 62 | 46 | 31 | 46 | 2 | 20 | 6 | 4 |
% | 97.80 | 80.40 | 84.70 | 63.10 | 42.50 | 65.30 | 3.10 | 29.50 | 8.00 | 5.80 | ||
Last year N = 75 | n | 70 | 61 | 64 | 40 | 30 | 64 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 3 | |
% | 92.30 | 82.70 | 84.70 | 54.10 | 42.60 | 85.20 | 10.90 | 11.80 | 9.40 | 4.20 | ||
p value | 0.001 | 0.05 | 0.05 | |||||||||
Total students | First year N = 387 | n | 351 | 282 | 298 | 181 | 118 | 235 | 17 | 58 | 34 | 22 |
% | 91.80 | 74.10 | 77.70 | 49.40 | 32.70 | 62.10 | 4.10 | 17.70 | 8.80 | 5.90 | ||
Last year N = 411 | n | 387 | 380 | 363 | 223 | 185 | 382 | 75 | 65 | 46 | 34 | |
% | 93.70 | 91.40 | 88.20 | 54.00 | 44.60 | 91.70 | 16.80 | 15.30 | 10.90 | 7.70 | ||
p value | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 |
*Circumstances in which there was a significant difference among final-year students by fields of study (p < 0.05)
Int J Med Educ. 2016; 7:95-101; doi: 10.5116/ijme.56e0.74be