Reported patterns of pregnancy termination from Demographic and Health Surveys.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Demographic and Health Surveys, widely used for estimation of fertility and reproductive health indicators in developing countries, remain underutilized for the study of pregnancy termination. This is partly due to most surveys not reporting the type of pregnancy termination, whether spontaneous or induced. Reproductive calendar data makes it possible to examine termination patterns according to contraceptive use at the time of pregnancy. Contraceptive failure is expected to increase the likelihood of induced abortion helping in the interpretation of reported termination patterns.

Materials and methods

We use individual-level calendar data regarding 623,966 pregnancies to analyze levels and differentials in reported patterns of pregnancy termination by age, unio

SUBMITTER: Sanchez-Paez DA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6699730 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature