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Socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of induced abortion cases
Author(s) -
Chatterjee T.K.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1016/0020-7292(85)90061-x
Subject(s) - medicine , socioeconomic status , abortion , obstetrics , demography , pregnancy , population , environmental health , sociology , biology , genetics
The age, parity, marital and socioeconomic status, education, religion, profession and the period of gestation of 200 patients who applied for legal abortions are analyzed. In this study 74% of the women were more than 20 years of age, 75% had attended secondary school, 63% were students or clerks, 53% came from lower‐ or middle‐class families, 40% were Roman Catholics, 45% were unmarried, 40% were nulliparous and 57% had little or no knowledge of contraception.