Country.

Population.

Knowledge about the law.

India [31]

Married women in reproductive age.

35.8% of women knew that abortion was legal, 4.7% thought that if was legal if the woman was married, 47.9% thought that it was illegal and 11.6% did not know. 71.1% of women had incorrect knowledge about the gestational limits for MTP, 1.9% had correct knowledge and 27.0% knew no information about it.

Trinidad

and Tobago

[12]

General population.

44% correctly said that abortion was legal under certain circumstances, 38% thought it was completely illegal, 5% did not know about the existence of the law and 13% had no idea. 57.7% of Hindus knew about the law, while 44.3% did and other religions felt in between those two.

Nigeria [14]

Women looking for abortion.

32% of women knew about the existence of the law.

Knowledge about the legality of abortion was not statistically related neither with the number of previous pregnancy terminations nor the education status (p > 0.05).

Nepal [36]

Women in reproductive age.

In total, 38.7% (95% CI: 37.8, 39.6) of women were aware of the legal status of abortion.

Awareness was significantly higher in urban than in rural areas (47.9% vs 37.1%, OR 0.8, 95% CI 0.6 - 0.9).

Knowledge increased from 22.3% in the first wealth quintile to 54.7% in the fifth wealth quintile (OR 2.5, 95%CI 2.0 - 3.3)

Knowledge about the law increased significantly with the level of education compared to women with no education. More than two thirds (69.4%) of women with a high school or higher education knew about the abortion law, compared with 20.4% in women with no education (OR 8.6, 95%CI 6.8 - 10.9)

Comparison between the results (2011) and a survey from 2006: Awareness about the existence of an abortion law increased significantly in nine of ten country sub-regions. The increase was similar in rural and urban areas and varied across ages.

The increase of awareness was higher in women with higher levels of education and in the higher economic strata, while among women with lower educational levels or lower economic strata there was modest or no increase.