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Reported patterns of pregnancy termination from Demographic and Health Surveys
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Materia
Pregnancy
Demographic
Health Surveys
Fertility
Patterns
Abortion
Clasificación UNESCO
5302.04 Estadística Económica
3201.08 Ginecología
Fecha de publicación
2019
Editor
Joshua Amo-Adjei, University of Cape Coast, GHANA
Citación
Sánchez-Páez, D.A., Ortega, J.A. (2019).Reported patterns of pregnancy termination from Demographic and Health Surveys .PloS ONE, 14 (8) ,0221178. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0221178
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[EN]Demographic and Health Surveys, widely used for estimation of fertility and reproductive health indicators in developing countries, remain underutilized for the study of pregnancy termination. This is partly due to most surveys not reporting the type of pregnancy termination, whether spontaneous or induced. Reproductive calendar data makes it possible to examine termination patterns according to contraceptive use at the time of pregnancy. Contraceptive failure is expected to increase the likelihood of induced abortion helping in the interpretation of reported termination patterns.From our estimates, 10.9% of pregnancies do not end in live-birth and 63.7% of them are spontaneous terminations. Reported pregnancy termination is higher among women using contraceptives, consistent with expectations. Very low levels of reported PT in some countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, suggests possible underreporting
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10.1371/journal.pone.0221178
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