Table 2 Reproductive health characteristics of incarcerated women in Brazil, 2018
From: Behind bars: the burden of being a woman in Brazilian prisons
Characteristics | %* | 95%IC |
|---|---|---|
Presents menstrual cycle (N = 1327) | 90.1 | 88.1–91.7 |
Does not present dysmenorrhea (N = 1198) | 71.8 | 69.0–74.5 |
Has regular menstruation (N = 1198) | 67.4 | 64.5–70.3 |
Bleeding does not last many days (N = 1198) | 80.3 | 77.7–82.7 |
Age at first sexual relation (N = 1308) | ||
≤ 15 | 69.5 | 67.0–72.0 |
> 16 | 30.5 | 28.0–33.0 |
Already been pregnant (N = 1325) | ||
No | 13.4 | 11.6–15.5 |
Yes | 86.5 | 84.4–88.3 |
Age group at first gestation (N = 1116) | ||
Adolescence (10–19 years) | 81.2 | 78.6–83.6 |
Adulthood (20–59 years) | 18.7 | 16.3–21.3 |
Has been pregnant during imprisonment (N = 1324) | ||
No | 99.3 | 98.6–99.7 |
Yes | 0.7 | 0.3–1.3 |
Has had an abortion (N = 1327) | ||
No | 66.2 | 63.4–68.9 |
Yes | 33.7 | 31.0–36.5 |
The abortion was induced (N = 444) | ||
No | 85.1 | 81.4–88.1 |
Yes | 14.8 | 11.8–18.5 |
Number of abortions (N = 449) | ||
01 | 71.4 | 66.7–75.7 |
02 | 20.3 | 16.6–24.6 |
03 or more | 8.1 | 5.8–11.2 |
Has children (N = 1316) | ||
No | 18.0 | 15.9–20.3 |
Yes | 81.9 | 79.6–84.1 |
Age of the oldest child (N = 1282) | ||
< 1 year | 0.15 | 0,0–1.0 |
1–4 | 6.6 | 0.53–0.83 |
5–9 | 16.7 | 14.6–19.1 |
10–17 | 26.2 | 23.6–28.9 |
> 18 | 50.1 | 47.2–53.1 |
Age of the youngest child (N = 1272) | ||
< 1 year | 0.9 | 0.5–1.7 |
1–4 | 21.0 | 18.7–23.6 |
5–9 | 17.8 | 15.6–20.3 |
10–17 | 12.3 | 10.5–14.4 |
> 18 | 47.7 | 44.8–50.6 |
Uses any type of contraceptive (N = 1311) | ||
No | 71.4 | 68.7–73.9 |
Yes | 28.5 | 26.0–31.3 |
Oral contraceptive (N = 361) | 44.7 | 39.4–50.1 |
Injectable contraceptive (N = 361) | 37.1 | 32.0–42.5 |
IUD (N = 361) | 4.0 | 2.0–8.1 |
Condom (361) | 30.0 | 25.5–34.9 |
Has/had free access to condoms (N = 1318) | ||
School | 8.4 | 6.8–10.3 |
Prison | 15.0 | 13.2–17.0 |
Work | 2.3 | 1.6–3.4 |
Public service | 54.4 | 51.7–57.2 |
Private service | 3.4 | 2.4–4.6 |