Socio demographic Characteristics of Pregnant Abortion-minded Clients versus Pregnant Non-abortion-minded Clients at a Pregnancy Crisis Center
Pers. bioet
; 13(2): 137-151, dic. 2009. tab
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CO243.1
ABSTRACT
Purpose:
The purpose of this study is to compare the socio-demographic characteristics of pregnant abortion-minded women to those of pregnant non-abortion-minded women who had consulted a pregnancy crisis center in Montgomery County, Ohio. The findings will be used to help develop public health prevention programs for unintended pregnancies to decrease the number of abortions.Methods:
A database sample of 581 records collected by a pregnancy crisis center in Montgomery County was used for this study. Criteria for inclusion were women who tested positive for pregnancy and whose pregnancy intentions were assessed as being either abortion-minded or non-abortion-minded. Socio-demographic characteristics such as age, marital status, household income, education, religious preference, race, number of previous pregnancies, number of previous live births, number of previous abortions, number of sexual partners, and age at their first sexual experience were compared to pregnancy intentions.Results:
In this study, women who were more abortion-minded were single (p value = < 0.0001), Black (p value = < 0.020), women with an income level under $10,000 (p value = < 0.0001), younger women (mean age 22.6 years, p value = 0.0008), women who had their first sexual encounter at a younger age (mean age 15.6 years, p value= 0.0009), and women who had a higher number of previous abortions (mean number of abortions =0.3, p value...
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01-internacional
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LILACS
Assunto principal:
Aspirantes a Aborto
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Gravidez
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Demografia
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Saúde Pública
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Pers. bioet
Ano de publicação:
2009
Tipo de documento:
Article