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Prevalence of induced abortion among Chinese women aged 18–49 years: Findings from three cross-sectional studies

There are few latest researches about induced abortion in China. We aimed to evaluate the prevalence of induced abortion and the related factors, thereby helping make targeted policies and measures to promote women's health. Three comparable cross-sectional surveys among Chinese women aged 18–4...

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Autores principales: Kang, Liangyu, Liu, Jue, Ma, Qiuyue, Jing, Wenzhan, Wu, Yu, Zhang, Shikun, Liu, Min
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9575936/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36262243
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.926246
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author Kang, Liangyu
Liu, Jue
Ma, Qiuyue
Jing, Wenzhan
Wu, Yu
Zhang, Shikun
Liu, Min
author_facet Kang, Liangyu
Liu, Jue
Ma, Qiuyue
Jing, Wenzhan
Wu, Yu
Zhang, Shikun
Liu, Min
author_sort Kang, Liangyu
collection PubMed
description There are few latest researches about induced abortion in China. We aimed to evaluate the prevalence of induced abortion and the related factors, thereby helping make targeted policies and measures to promote women's health. Three comparable cross-sectional surveys among Chinese women aged 18–49 years were performed in 2016, 2017, and 2021. A total of 14,573 eligible respondents were included in the study. 16.70% (95%CI 16.10%-17.31%) of respondents self-reported having experienced induced abortion, while 6.88% (95%CI 6.46%-7.29%) self-reported repeat induced abortion. Age range of 25–49 years (aOR 2.27–6.31, all P<0.05), living in western (aOR 1.72, 95%CI 1.50–1.98) and central (aOR 1.36, 95%CI 1.21–1.52) regions, having children (aOR 2.85, 95%CI 2.35–3.46) were associated with higher prevalence of induced abortion. Moreover, age range of 25–49 years, living in western and central regions, having children were also related to higher prevalence of repeat induced abortion (aOR 1.67–11.52, all P<0.05). Conversely, educational level of college or higher, household annual income over 80,000 Chinese yuan were associated with lower prevalence of induced abortion and repeat induced abortion (aOR 0.52–0.80, all P<0.05). Induced abortion remains noticeable in China. Sustained efforts are required to reduce unintentional pregnancy, improve reproductive health and post-abortion care services, and promote women's health.
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spelling pubmed-95759362022-10-18 Prevalence of induced abortion among Chinese women aged 18–49 years: Findings from three cross-sectional studies Kang, Liangyu Liu, Jue Ma, Qiuyue Jing, Wenzhan Wu, Yu Zhang, Shikun Liu, Min Front Public Health Public Health There are few latest researches about induced abortion in China. We aimed to evaluate the prevalence of induced abortion and the related factors, thereby helping make targeted policies and measures to promote women's health. Three comparable cross-sectional surveys among Chinese women aged 18–49 years were performed in 2016, 2017, and 2021. A total of 14,573 eligible respondents were included in the study. 16.70% (95%CI 16.10%-17.31%) of respondents self-reported having experienced induced abortion, while 6.88% (95%CI 6.46%-7.29%) self-reported repeat induced abortion. Age range of 25–49 years (aOR 2.27–6.31, all P<0.05), living in western (aOR 1.72, 95%CI 1.50–1.98) and central (aOR 1.36, 95%CI 1.21–1.52) regions, having children (aOR 2.85, 95%CI 2.35–3.46) were associated with higher prevalence of induced abortion. Moreover, age range of 25–49 years, living in western and central regions, having children were also related to higher prevalence of repeat induced abortion (aOR 1.67–11.52, all P<0.05). Conversely, educational level of college or higher, household annual income over 80,000 Chinese yuan were associated with lower prevalence of induced abortion and repeat induced abortion (aOR 0.52–0.80, all P<0.05). Induced abortion remains noticeable in China. Sustained efforts are required to reduce unintentional pregnancy, improve reproductive health and post-abortion care services, and promote women's health. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-10-03 /pmc/articles/PMC9575936/ /pubmed/36262243 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.926246 Text en Copyright © 2022 Kang, Liu, Ma, Jing, Wu, Zhang and Liu. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Kang, Liangyu
Liu, Jue
Ma, Qiuyue
Jing, Wenzhan
Wu, Yu
Zhang, Shikun
Liu, Min
Prevalence of induced abortion among Chinese women aged 18–49 years: Findings from three cross-sectional studies
title Prevalence of induced abortion among Chinese women aged 18–49 years: Findings from three cross-sectional studies
title_full Prevalence of induced abortion among Chinese women aged 18–49 years: Findings from three cross-sectional studies
title_fullStr Prevalence of induced abortion among Chinese women aged 18–49 years: Findings from three cross-sectional studies
title_full_unstemmed Prevalence of induced abortion among Chinese women aged 18–49 years: Findings from three cross-sectional studies
title_short Prevalence of induced abortion among Chinese women aged 18–49 years: Findings from three cross-sectional studies
title_sort prevalence of induced abortion among chinese women aged 18–49 years: findings from three cross-sectional studies
topic Public Health
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9575936/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36262243
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.926246
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