ArticleEuropean journal of epidemiology1999
Legal abortion in Asturias (Spain) after the 1985 law: sociodemographic characteristics of women applying for abortion.
Article in European journal of epidemiology, 1999. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04080141 (Therapeutic Termination of Pregnancy), which is not on this map. Cited by 6 papers.
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Therapeutic Termination of Pregnancy: Maternal and Paternal Mental Health Before and in the Long-term
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- Therapeutic Termination of Pregnancy Under the Umbrella of Environmental, Socio-Economic Factors and High-Risk Pregnancy.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Therapeutic termination of pregnancy and women's mental health: Determinants and consequences.World journal of psychiatry · 2021Review
- Obstetric and psychological characteristics of women seeking multiple abortions in the region of Monastir (Tunisia): results of a cross-sectional design.BMC women's health · 2015Article
- How risky are second trimester clandestine abortions in Cameroon: a retrospective descriptive study.BMC women's health · 2014Observational
- Trends in inequalities in induced abortion according to educational level among urban women.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2010Article
- Socioeconomic inequalities in unintended pregnancy and abortion decision.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2008Article
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Abstract
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objectiveTo describe the use of induced abortion (IA) in Asturias after its legalisation as well as the socio-demographic characteristics of women applying for abortion. DESIGN AND
settingDescriptive study, population-based, using data collected by the regional abortion surveillance system for the period 1988 1994. MAIN
resultsThe number of IA and the abortion rate (AR) (10 per 1000 women aged 15-49) have been stable in Asturias during the study period. The highest ARs were found for women in the age group 20-34, for divorced/separated, for women with a higher educational level and for women with only one child. The proportion of pregnancies which ended in abortion was one in four; for teenagers and women over 34 years it was one in two. This proportion was also higher for women not married, students and women with two or more children. Ninety-eight percent of all abortions took place in private clinics, the woman's physical/mental health being the medical indication for these abortions. Abortion was most often performed within eight weeks of gestation (65%). Late abortion ocurred more frequently among teenagers and women of low educational level. Eighteen percent of women had repeated abortions. A high proportion (61%) of women applying for abortion had not used the Family Planning (FP) services in the previous two years; adolescents and women of low educational level had the lowest frequencies of FP use.
conclusionsCompared with that of other European countries, the AR in Asturias was intermediate. The results regarding adolescents show the need for evaluation and promotion of sex education and contraceptive programmes. The lower and later use of abortion by women of low educational level shows inequalities that call for specific action.
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