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Relying on Surveys to Understand Abortion Behavior: Some Cautionary Evidence

Author(s) -

Radha Jagannathan

Publication year - 2001

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.91.11.1825

Subject(s) - abortion , medicaid , medicine , welfare , demography , sample (material) , national survey of family growth , family medicine , psychology , environmental health , family planning , population , pregnancy , research methodology , political science , health care , sociology , law , chemistry , genetics , chromatography , biology

The reliability of abortion self-reports has raised questions about the general usefulness of surveys in research about abortion behavior; however, the extent of underreporting remains a subject of some debate. This study sought to examine abortion reporting in a sample of welfare mothers and to determine factors in underreporting.

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