Induced abortions among Chinese adolescent girls.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Induced abortion among adolescent girls is a global public health issue and a serious challenge in China, but still remains under-examined. We aimed to examine the overall trend and characteristics of induced abortions among Chinese adolescent girls and to investigate the factors associated with induced abortion.

Study design

Based on the 2017 China Fertility Survey, this study examined the trend and characteristics of induced abortions among adolescent girls with statistical analysis and multiple indicators of descriptive statistics from period and cohort perspectives, including induced abortion proportion and rate, age-specific cumulative proportion, and age-specific cumulative number of induced abortions in adolescent girls.

Results

Between 1996 and 2016

SUBMITTER: Wang T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10644521 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature