Changes in the Prevalence of Induced Abortion in the Floating Population in Major Cities of China 2007-2014.

ABSTRACT: Our aim was to assess the changes in induced abortion in different migrant groups in China between 2007 and 2014 and the contraceptive methods used prior to induced abortion. The studies of two population-based cross sections were conducted in urban China, involving 9146 sexually active migrant women. Within the selected sociodemographic subgroups, the changes in the percentage of women who had induced abortions, the proportion of pregnancies ending in induced abortions, the causes of induced abortions, and the methods of contraception were identified. A chi-squared test was used to calculate the differences in induced abortion in the subgroups. Between 2007 and 2014, in the study groups from the major cities of China, the percentage of sexually active migrant women who had induced abortio

SUBMITTER: Wang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6765927 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature