Attitudes of Rural Thai Women Towards Induced Abortion

1977 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert G. Burnight ◽  
Boonlert Leoprapai
Keyword(s):  
Rural Women ◽  
Positive Response ◽  
Induced Abortion ◽  
Married Women ◽  
Fertility Survey ◽  
Similar Data ◽  
Traditional Values ◽  
Rural South ◽  
Thai Women ◽  
Positive Attitudes

SummaryQuestions concerning their attitudes towards induced abortion in six different circumstances were asked of 1254 rural Thai married women, aged 15–44, in a 1972 nationwide fertility survey. A positive response was given to one or more of the questions by nearly three-fifths of the women; the largest proportion of positive responses (42·0%) was given by women if the pregnancy resulted from rape, and 40·1 % responded affirmatively if the pregnancy might endanger the health of the woman. The lowest proportions, but still nearly one-fifth of the women, were in favour of abortion if the couple do not want another child or if they cannot support another child. Responses are analysed in relation to the demographic and socio-economic characteristics of the women and their husbands, to fertility and family planning experiences, and to the women's communication activities. Comparisons of the results are made with similar data from rural South Korea, rural US and suburban Thailand. The study suggests that positive attitudes towards induced abortion among Thai rural women reflect traditional values, not recent ‘modernization’ ones.

scholarly journals Repeat Induced Abortion among Chinese Women Seeking Abortion: Two Cross Sectional Studies

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (9) ◽  
pp. 4446
Author(s):  
Longmei Tang ◽  
Shangchun Wu ◽  
Dianwu Liu ◽  
Marleen Temmerman ◽  
Wei-Hong Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Negative Binomial ◽  
Induced Abortion ◽  
Education Level ◽  
Married Women ◽  
Negative Binomial Regression Model ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Lower Education Level ◽  
Induced Abortions ◽  
Lower Education

Background: In China, there were about 9.76 million induced abortions in 2019, 50% of which were repeat abortions. Understanding the tendency of repeat induced abortion and identifying its related factors is needed to develop prevention strategies. Methods: Two hospital-based cross-sectional surveys were conducted from 2005–2007 and 2013–2016 in 24 and 90 hospitals, respectively. The survey included women who sought an induced abortion within 12 weeks of pregnancy. The proportion of repeat induced abortions by adjusting the covariates through propensity score matching was compared between the two surveys, and the zero-inflated negative binomial regression model was established to identify independent factors of repeat induced abortion. Results: Adjusting the age, occupation, education, marital status and number of children, the proportion of repeat induced abortions in the second survey was found to be low (60.28% vs. 11.11%), however the unadjusted proportion was high in the second survey (44.97% vs. 51.54%). The risk of repeat induced abortion was higher among married women and women with children [ORadj and 95% CI: 0.31 (0.20, 0.49) and 0.08 (0.05, 0.13)]; the risk among service industry staff was higher when compared with unemployed women [ORadj and 95% CI: 0.19 (0.07, 0.54)]; women with a lower education level were at a higher risk of a repeat induced abortion (ORadj < 1). Compared with women under the age of 20, women in other higher age groups had a higher frequency of repeat induced abortions (IRadj: 1.78, 2.55, 3.27, 4.01, and 3.93, separately); the frequency of women with lower education levels was higher than those with a university or higher education level (IRadj > 1); the repeat induced abortion frequency of married women was 0.93 (0.90, 0.98) when compared to the frequency of unmarried women, while the frequency of women with children was 1.17 (1.10, 1.25) of childless women; the induced abortion frequency of working women was about 60–95% with that of unemployed women. Conclusions: The repeat induced abortion proportion was lower than 10 years ago. Induced abortion seekers who were married, aged 20 to 30 years and with a lower education level were more likely to repeat induced abortions.

scholarly journals Reproductive health practice of married women in the rural community

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (Number 1) ◽  
pp. 7-11
Author(s):  
Shila Rani Das ◽  
Monowar Ahmad Tarafdar ◽  
Md. Saizuddin ◽  
Nadia Begum ◽  
Sultana Begum ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Rural Community ◽  
Rural Women ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Married Women ◽  
Personal Hygiene ◽  
Health Practice ◽  
Perineal Tear ◽  
Cross Sectional

This cross sectional study of fifteen days’ duration was conducted among Married women attending in OPD at Dhamrai Dhaka to know Reproductive Health Practice of Married Women in the Rural Community with a sample size of 100 following purposive sampling technique using pretested semi-structured questionnaire by face to face interview method after taking informed consent. Data were analyzed manually and by using computer. Only 39% respondents were found within age group 20-30 years and 33% completed primary education. Majority the of respondents (79%) were married. This study also found that 39% were housewives and majority (56%) had poor monthly income (TK <10,000). Majority (78%) of respondent’s duration of married life less than or equal to 15 years. This study also revealed that (72%) respondents were found having their first issue less than or equal to 25 years of age. About 40% respondents were found having two children. About 47%, 52% & 25% respondents received advices on healthy diet, personal hygiene and cautions about drug uses respectively during antenatal period. Majority (84%) of respondents were done USG on their routine antenatal care investigation. About 65% respondents delivered their last issue at hospital among them 55% respondents last delivery conducted by qualified doctors. Majority (85%) respondent received TT immunization and 71% respondents were not faced any complication in last delivery and 53% respondents were suffering from problems related to reproductive system and among them abortion (35%), PPH (30%) and perineal tear (20%). Reproductive health practice was still worse among the rural community Effective strategies must be taken to improve reproductive health status of the rural women.

scholarly journals Social Determinant of Home Delivery among Ever-Married Women in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-72
Author(s):  
Dr. Hussain Ali
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Maternal Health ◽  
Rural Women ◽  
Home Delivery ◽  
Married Women ◽  
Maternal Health Care ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Domestic Sphere ◽  
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

The poor maternal health is one of the public health issues facing by rural women in Pakistan. There are various socio-demographic and cultural factors which confine women to domestic sphere. The main objective of this research is to study various social factors as determinants of home delivery among ever-married women in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. In the present study researchers used the quantitative research design in which the data are collected through household survey in the pakhtun society. The data are collected from 503 ever married women in District Malakand, from May 1, to November 30, 2016. The results show that nearly two third 62.3 percent men’s are key decision maker about antenatal care utilization, more than third forth 76 percent of the husbands are key decision makers about the home delivery due to their women subordinate position within household. The researchers concluded that men’s are key decision makers and their decision affect women maternal health care. In order to achieve Sustainable Development Goal No. 3, the study recommends mainstreaming women in the decision making process in domestic sphere as well as their involvement is decision making about accessing and utilizing of maternal health care services. Keywords: Home delivery, men’s decision, subordinate position, women

scholarly journals Knowledge, attitude and practice of maternal health care amongst the married women in a rural area of Bangladesh

1970 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonia Shirin
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Maternal Health ◽  
Rural Women ◽  
Home Delivery ◽  
Married Women ◽  
Maternal Health Care ◽  
Physical Work ◽  
Monthly Income ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Bangladesh is facing a big challenge in reducing maternal and neonatal mortality. Addressing maternal health issues is now on the global social agenda in the new millennium. This cross sectional descriptive study was conducted in the unions of Sreepur Upazilla in March 2010 among 300 rural married women having at least one living child. Data were collected by face to face interviews using a semi-structured questionnaire to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice on maternal health care of married women in Sreepur Upazilla. The mean ± SD age of women was 33.5 ± 10.4 years and monthly income was Tk. 6,518.3 ± 5,142.4. Reproductive history of the women reveals that mean ± SD age at marriage, age at first child, and parity were 15.3 ± 2.9, 18.2 ± 3, 3 ± 2 years respectively. Only 42.3% of the respondents knew about swelling of the foot, 36.3% were aware of fits, 25.7% knew about severe headache and 24.7% knew about unusual bleeding as warning signs of pregnancy. About 84.3% respondents knew that the first meal of the baby should be colostrum. Among the participants 57%, 70.7% and 62.3% had average knowledge on ANC, INC and PNC respectively. Rural married women having a positive attitude towards maternal health care was 96.3% in ANC, 80% in home delivery, 61.3% in hospital delivery and 95.3% in PNC. It was found that 35.6% and 27.1% respondents were taking ANC 3 and 4 times respectively. Among the respondents 66.7% had done their laboratory examination and 84.7% took vitamins adequately. About 67.2% respondents performed normal physical work as before during pregnancy and 30.5% took more food than before. Home delivery was practiced by 88.3% respondents and 10.3% women delivered their baby at the hospital. Among the respondents who delivered their baby at home, 64.9% of them practiced few of the features of safe home delivery. Practice was good on ANC among 55.3% respondents where poor practice was found 69.3% on INC and 72.3% on PNC. Age and monthly income were related to knowledge on ANC (P<.001, P<.05) and PNC (P<.01, P<.05) respectively. Practice on maternal health care also related to socio-economic condition of the rural women. Women in rural settings are vulnerable due to poor maternal health care and exposed to risk of pregnancy and child birth. Appropriate health education activities, encouraging institutional delivery and development of socio-economic status are key factors to improve our maternal health.Ibrahim Med. Coll. J. 2011; 5(1): 13-16 Key Words: Knowledge; attitude; practice; maternal health care; Bangladesh.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/imcj.v5i1.9855

Induced Abortion in Eight Provinces of China

1991 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Wang ◽  
Stan Becker ◽  
LP Chow ◽  
Shao-xian Wang
Keyword(s):  
Rural Area ◽  
Gestational Age ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Induced Abortion ◽  
Married Women ◽  
Contraceptive Failure ◽  
Live Births ◽  
Unplanned Pregnancies

A survey of 12, 000 women in eight provinces of China was carried out in 1988. One urban and one rural area were selected purposively in each province; data on lifetime and recent pregnancies were collected from married women aged 20-44. Data on abortions included reasons, gestational age, and complications. During the five years before the survey, the number of abortions per 100 live births was 102 in urban areas and 62 in rural areas. For those with one or more previous live births in urban areas, nearly all subsequent pregnancies ended in abortion. Also in urban areas, 31% of women with a recent abortion reported the reason was contraceptive failure. Over 80% of women are contraceptive users; the high abortion rates then reflect relatively low use-effectiveness of contraception and that most unplanned pregnancies are aborted.

Prevalence and associated factors of induced abortion among rural married women: A cross-sectional survey in Anhui, China

2014 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 383-391 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guo-Peng Gao ◽  
Ren-Jie Zhang ◽  
Xiu-Jun Zhang ◽  
Xiao-Min Jia ◽  
Xiu-De Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Associated Factors ◽  
Induced Abortion ◽  
Married Women ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional

The Drover's Wife and the Drover's Daughter: Histories of Single Farming Women and Debates in Australian Historiography

Rural History ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 179-194
Author(s):  
Kathryn M. Hunter
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Rural Women ◽  
Married Women ◽  
The Other ◽  
Family Farms ◽  
Rural History ◽  
Never Married ◽  
Women's Lives ◽  
New Research ◽  
Rural Australia

AbstractIn the 1980s two vigorous debates commanded the attention of economic and feminist historians alike, and they played a key part in shaping the historiography concerning rural women in Australia. One debate revolved around the use of the nineteenth-century census in determining women's occupations, including those of farming women. The other debate, part of a wider feminist conversation about women's agency, focused on the question of the nature of white women's lives within colonial families and society. Despite the centrality of rural women to these debates, and the role colonial women's histories played in shaping the historiography, these debates did not impact upon the writing of rural history in Australia. This article revisits these debates in the light of new research into the lives of never-married women on Australia's family farms and uses their histories to question the conclusions arrived at by feminist and economic historians. It also questions the continuing invisibility of rural women in histories of rural Australia and hopes to provoke more discussion between rural and feminist historians.

Determinants of birth intervals in Sudan

1989 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 301-320 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mona A. Khalifa
Keyword(s):  
Breast Feeding ◽  
Rural Women ◽  
Cumulative Effects ◽  
Fertility Survey ◽  
Parity Progression ◽  
Birth Intervals ◽  
High Parity ◽  
History Data ◽  
Socioeconomic Groups ◽  
Birth History

SummaryUsing individual birth history data from the Sudan Fertility Survey, 1979, parity-related differences in fertility are demonstrated, as well as differences between socioeconomic groups. Rural women, women with no education and those married to uneducated husbands show rapid parity progression and its cumulative effects on fertility which are consistent over all birth intervals. Urban women, women with some education and those married to educated husbands, however, go rapidly through their second and third birth intervals and then more slowly at higher parities. A limitation of the study was the inability to control fully for the effects of breast-feeding and contraception.There is evidence for a reduction in high parity births,' starting in the 1970s.

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