Title: [Medico-social aspects of induced abortion: some comments on routine data from a non-hospital center]

POPLINE Document Number: 244918

Author(s):

Humblet C
Andres J
Crivisqui E
Orenbuch J

Source citation:

Revue de l'Institut de Sociologie, 1982;(3-4):477-507.

Abstract:

Data concerning approximately 200 women who had induced abortions at an abortion clinic in Brussels, Belgium, in 1979 are presented and analyzed. The inadequacies of the data are first considered. Information is then provided on nationality, religion, marital status, occupation, educational level, residence, language, number of children, parity, age, reasons for abortion, period of gestation, complications, and contraceptive methods used. (ANNOTATION)

Keywords:

Belgium
Abortion
Family Planning Acceptor Characteristics
Developed Countries
Europe, Western
Europe
Fertility Control, Postconception
Family Planning
Family Planning Acceptors
Family Planning Programs