Factors that influence abortion decisions of women at the National Hospital for Obstetric and Gynecology in 2006
- Author:
Tien Viet Nguyen
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
abortion
- MeSH:
abortion
- From:Journal of Medical Research
2008;54(2):41-45
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
Background: The rate of abortion in Vietnam is still high and is dependent on the personal factors of the women as well as the supply of contraceptive services. Objectives: To evaluate some of the factors that influenced the abortion decisions of the women admitted to the National Hospital for Obstetric and Gynecology. Subjects and method: There were 334 unwanted pregnancies in women with a gestation age of less than 12 weeks, who have aborted at the National Hospital for Obstetric and Gynecology between June 2006 and December 2006, participated in this cross-sectional study. They were interviewed according to a questionnaire. Data was analyzed by SPSS software version 10.0. Results: The mean age was 28.93+/-6.57 years. Among all participants, 61.4% were civil servants, 25.7% housewives, 8.1 % students. For 54.8% of all subjects this was the first abortion, and 45.2% had at least one abortion in the past. Age, occupation, educational level, marital status and numbers of children were associated with the history of abortion. Conclusion: The main reasons of abortion were having enough children, unmarried. Determinant factors of abortion decision were older age, low level of education, marital status and having enough children.
