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A method for calculating rates of induced abortion

Author(s) -

Karen G. Foreit,

Dorothy Nortman

Publication year - 1992

Publication title -

demography

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.099

H-Index - 129

eISSN - 1533-7790

pISSN - 0070-3370

DOI - 10.2307/2061367

Subject(s) - abortion , fertility , marital status , family planning , population , medicine , total fertility rate , demography , developed country , obstetrics , research methodology , pregnancy , environmental health , biology , sociology , genetics

Accurate measurement of induced abortion is necessary for understanding the fertility dynamics of a population and for making projections about the future. Changes in abortion rates can amplify or dampen the impact of changes in contraception. This paper presents a methodology for calculating marital induced abortion rates from observed marital fertility and contraceptive prevalence and for modeling the impact of substituting contraception for abortion on future fertility. The methodology is validated against observed abortion complications in three populations, and the impact of substituting contraception for abortion on expected fertility is demonstrated.

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