Methods women use for induced abortion and sources of services: insights from poor urban settlements of Accra, Ghana.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Increasing access to safe abortion methods is crucial for improving women's health. Understanding patterns of service use is important for identifying areas for improvement. Limited evidence is available in Ghana on factors associated with the type of method used to induce abortion. This paper examined the methods and sources of services used for abortion by women living in poor urban settings of Accra.

Methods

Data are from a survey that was conducted in 2018 among 1233 women aged 16-44 years who reported ever having had an induced abortion. We estimated a multinomial logistic regression model to examine factors associated with the type of abortion methods women used. We further generated descriptive statistics for the source of abortion services.

Results

SUBMITTER: Agula C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8365972 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature