Assessing public awareness and use of medical abortion via mobile phone survey in India^.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We assess the feasibility of measuring awareness and use of medical abortion via a mobile phone survey on social attitudes in India.

Study design

In 2018, we conducted a mobile phone survey with 3455 married men and women in Bihar and Maharashtra, two of India's most populous states. As part of a broader survey on social inequality, welfare programs, and health, we asked respondents about their awareness of medical abortion and whether they (or their wife) had ever had a medical abortion.

Results

Among men and women in Bihar and Maharashtra, one fifth to one third of respondents said that they had heard of medical abortion. In Bihar, men were more likely than women to report having heard of pills that can be used to end a pregnancy. Awareness of medical abor

SUBMITTER: Broussard K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6893080 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature