Identifying Profiles of Support for Legal Abortion Services in Zambia: A Latent Class Analysis.
Stud Fam Plann
; 55(1): 45-59, 2024 Mar.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-38351302
ABSTRACT
Relative to neighboring countries, Zambia has among the most progressive abortion policies, but numerous sociopolitical constraints inhibit knowledge of pregnancy termination rights and access to safe abortion services. Multistage cluster sampling was used to randomly select 1,486 women aged 15-44 years from households in three provinces. We used latent class analysis (LCA) to partition women into discrete groups based on patterns of endorsed support for legalized abortion on six socioeconomic and health conditions. Predictors of probabilistic membership in latent profiles of support for legal abortion services were identified through mixture modeling. A three-class solution of support patterns for legal abortion services emerged from LCA (1) legal abortion opponents (â¼58 percent) opposed legal abortion across scenarios; (2) legal abortion advocates (â¼23 percent) universally endorsed legal protections for abortion care; and (3) conditional supporters of legal abortion (â¼19 percent) only supported legal abortion in circumstances where the pregnancy threatened the fetus or mother. Advocates and Conditional supporters reported higher exposure to family planning messages compared to opponents. Relative to opponents, advocates were more educated, and Conditional supporters were wealthier. Findings reveal that attitudes towards abortion in Zambia are not monolithic, but women with access to financial/social assets exhibited more receptive attitudes towards legal abortion.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Contexto em Saúde:
10_ODS3_salud_sexual_reprodutiva
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2_ODS3
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Aborto Induzido
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Aborto Legal
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
País/Região como assunto:
Africa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Stud Fam Plann
Ano de publicação:
2024
Tipo de documento:
Article