Comparison of field test samples with national data
| Field test 1 sample | Field test 2 sample | England and Wales, 2000* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Office for National Statistics 200145,46; figures for Scotland similar but not shown. | ||||||
| Age | Women opting for abortion (n = 71): | Women opting for abortion (n = 146): | Age at abortion (n = 175542): | |||
| % | (n) | % | (n) | % | (n) | |
| under 20 | 15.5 | (11) | 24.7 | (36) | 21.1 | (36966) |
| 20–24 | 29.6 | (21) | 26.7 | (39) | 26.8 | (47099) |
| 25–29 | 29.6 | (21) | 28.1 | (41) | 21.6 | (37852) |
| 30–34 | 15.5 | (11) | 9.6 | (14) | 16.4 | (28735) |
| 35–39 | 5.6 | (4) | 8.2 | (12) | 10.6 | (18589) |
| 40+ | 4.2 | (3) | 2.7 | (4) | 3.6 | (6253) |
| Age | Women continuing pregnancy (n = 247) | Women continuing pregnancy (n = 307): | Age of mother at live birth (n = 604441): | |||
| under 20 | % | (n) | % | (n) | % | (n) |
| 20–24 | 5.7 | (14) | 11.4 | (35) | 7.6 | (45846) |
| 25–29 | 10.9 | (27) | 14.3 | (44) | 17.8 | (107741) |
| 30–34 | 24.7 | (61) | 18.6 | (57) | 28.2 | (170701) |
| 35–39 | 31.6 | (78) | 32.2 | (99) | 29.8 | (180113) |
| 40+ | 23.5 | (58) | 20.2 | (62) | 14.1 | (84974) |
| 3.6 | (9) | 3.3 | (10) | 2.5 | (15066) | |
| Women continuing pregnancy/postnatal women (n = 311): proportion who were married: | Women continuing pregnancy/postnatal women (n = 500): proportion who were married: | Proportion of live births registered by married parents: | ||||
| Total | ||||||
| % | (n) | % | (n) | % | (n) | |
| 66.6 | (207) | 64.4 | (322) | 60.5 | (365836) | |
| By age group | ||||||
| under 20 | 0 | (0) | 9.8 | (4) | 10.3 | (4742) |
| 20–24 | 32.3 | (10) | 29.5 | (18) | 37.4 | (40262) |
| 25–29 | 63.0 | (46) | 66.0 | (62) | 65.4 | (111606) |
| 30–34 | 78.0 | (78) | 76.2 | (138) | 75.6 | (136165) |
| 35–39 | 81.6 | (62) | 84.5 | (87) | 73.8 | (62671) |
| 40+ | 73.3 | (11) | 65.0 | (13) | 69.0 | (10390) |
| Women continuing pregnancy/postnatal women (n = 316): proportion who were born in the UK: | Women continuing pregnancy/postnatal women (n = 499): proportion who were born in the UK: | Proportion of births registered by women who were born in the UK: | ||||
| Total | ||||||
| % | (n) | % | (n) | % | (n) | |
| 76.9 | (243) | 79.4 | (396) | 84.5 | (510835) | |