Noralie Schonewille

Experiences with family planning amongst persons with mental health problems 57 elective abortion was 5.4%. A total of 10.6% of those who were ever pregnant have had at least one abortion. Table 3.1 - Demographics of survey respondents. Total n=378 (Former) Patients n=354 Close Ones n=24 Age (mean; (sd)) 47.5 (12.9) 47.7 (12.7) 48.4 (16.2) Minimum age 20 20 23 Maximum age 84 84 73 Gender (n = 374) Man 63 (16.7%) 51 (14.4%) 12 (50.0%) Woman 307 (81.2%) 295 (83.3%) 12 (50.0%) Other 4 (1.1%) 4 (1.1%) 0 Living area Rural 167 (44.2%) 160 (45.2%) 7 (29.2%) Urban 206 (54.5%) 189 (53.4%) 17 (70.8%) Missing 5 (1.3%) 5 (1.4%) 0 Education ISCED level 6–8 1 190 (50.3%) 178 (50.3%) 12 (50.0%) ISCED level < 6 184 (48.7%) 172 (48.6%) 12 (50.0%) Missing 4 (1.0%) 4 (1.1%) 0 Paid job Yes 142 (37.6%) 135 (38.1%) 7 (29.1%) No 227 (60.0%) 211 (59.6%) 16 (66.7%) Missing 9 (2.4%) 8 (2.3%) 1 (4.2) Mental health disorder Yes 361 (95.5%) 338 (95.5%) 23 (95.8%)2 No 16 (4.2%) 15 (4.2%) 1 (4.2%) Missing 1 (0.3%) 1 (0.3%) 0 Recovered Yes 32 (8.5%) 29 (8.2%) 3 (12.5%) No 158 (41.8%) 147 (41.5%) 11 (45.8%) I learned to live with it 129 (34.1%) 123 (34.7%) 6 (25.0%) Other 58 (15.3%) 54 (15.3%) 4 (16.7%) Missing 1 (0.3%) 1 (0.3%) 0 Medication usage when experienced mental health problems Yes 340 (89.9%) 321 (90.7%) 19 (79.2%) No 38 (10.1%) 33 (9.3%) 5 (20.8%) Missing 0 0 0 Top 5 self-reported mental health problems in history 2,3 Depression (any type) 222 (58.7%) 216 (61.0%) 6 (25.0%) Anxiety including OCD 111 (29.4%) 107 (30.2%) 4 (16.7%) PTSD, Trauma, and stress-disorder 111 (29.4%) 108 (30.5%) 3 (12.5%) Personality disorder 56 (14.8%) 56 (15.8%) 0 Autism 46 (12.2%) 43 (12.1%) 3 (12.5%) ISCED, International Standard Classification of Education; PTSD, posttraumatic stress disorder; OCD, obsessive-compulsive disorder. 1 Finished college or university. 2 More than one possible. Data are presented as numbers (proportions of group ‘Total’, ‘(Former) patients’ or ‘Close ones’). 3 Close ones answered this question for mental health disorders of the (former) patients.

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