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Induced Abortion in Urban Nepal |
| Table 1. Percentage distribution of Nepalese women who obtained an induced abortion from a private clinic, by selected characteristics, Kathmandu, Nepal, 1997 (N=160) | |
| Characteristic | % |
| Age-group | |
| 17-19 | 3.1 |
| 20-24 | 18.8 |
| 25-29 | 36.3 |
| 30-34 | 22.5 |
| 35-39 | 13.8 |
| 40-48 | 5.6 |
| No. of living children | |
| 0 | 8.1 |
| 1 | 21.3 |
| 2 | 43.1 |
| 3 | 15.0 |
| 4 | 10.0 |
| >=5 | 2.5 |
| No. of living male children | |
| 0 | 30.0 |
| 1 | 47.5 |
| 2 | 17.5 |
| >=3 | 5.0 |
| No. of living female children | |
| 0 | 31.9 |
| 1 | 39.4 |
| 2 | 20.6 |
| >=3 | 8.1 |
| Education (years) | |
| 0 | 19.4 |
| 1-9 | 16.9 |
| 10 | 21.9 |
| >=11 | 41.9 |
| Occupation | |
| Housewife | 67.5 |
| Service/business | 21.2 |
| Student | 5.0 |
| Missing | 6.3 |
| Place of residence | |
| Within Kathmandu Valley | 90.6 |
| Outside Kathmandu Valley | 9.4 |
| Total | 100.0 |
| Table 2. Percentage distribution of Nepalese women who obtained an induced abortion from a private clinic, by contraceptive method used prior to pregnancy and by main reason for seeking induced abortion, Kathmandu, Nepal, 1997 | ||
| Method and reason | % | |
| Method | ||
| Condom | 15.0 | |
| Injectable | 13.1 | |
| Pill | 8.1 | |
| IUD | 5.6 | |
| Other | 3.1 | |
| Hormonal implant | 1.9 | |
| Diaphragm | 0.6 | |
| Male sterilization | 0.6 | |
| None | 51.9 | |
| Reason | ||
| Too many/no more children | 34.4 | |
| Previous child too small | 16.3 | |
| Contraceptive failure | 10.6 | |
| Poor economic condition | 10.0 | |
| Unplanned intercourse | 7.5 | |
| No time to care for child/still a student | 6.9 | |
| Medical reasons | 3.1 | |
| Going out of the country | 3.1 | |
| Unmarried | 1.3 | |
| All other | 5.6 | |
| Not stated | 1.3 | |
| Total | 100.0 | |
| Table 3. Percentage distribution of Nepalese women who obtained an induced abortion, by selected characteristics, according to data source and urban-rural residence, Nepal | |||
| Characteristic | All of Nepal* | Urban hospital† | |
| Urban | Rural | ||
| Age-group | |||
| 15-19 | 1.5 | 7.3 | 2.7 |
| 20-24 | 17.5 | 8.4 | 16.2 |
| 25-29 | 31.0 | 17.9 | 24.3 |
| 30-34 | 25.4 | 29.5 | 35.1 |
| 35-39 | 13.2 | 9.4 | 13.5 |
| 40-44 | 4.5 | 14.5 | 8.1 |
| 45-49 | 6.9 | 13.0 | 0.0 |
| No. of living children | |||
| 0 | 5.9 | 2.1 | 8.1 |
| 1 | 10.4 | 14.1 | 12.2 |
| 2 | 38.2 | 20.8 | 35.1 |
| 3 | 30.3 | 18.9 | 14.9 |
| 4 | 4.5 | 20.8 | 13.5 |
| >= 5 | 10.7 | 23.3 | 16.2 |
| Education | |||
| None | 29.2 | 74.9 | 51.4 |
| Some primary | 15.9 | 9.8 | 20.3 |
| Some secondary | 13.4 | 11.5 | 17.6 |
| High school/higher | 41.5 | 3.7 | 10.8 |
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| *Tabulated from the data tape of the 1996 Nepal Family Health Survey, 1996. Data refer to ever-married women aged 15-49 years (see reference 7). †Data refer to women who were clinically determined to have had an induced abortion, from all gynecologic patients admitted to the largest maternity hospital in the capital during a one-year period, January 1-December 31, 1998. These data were collected for a one-year prospective study on post-abortion care (see reference 8). | |||
Figure 1. Age-specific marital fertility rates relative to rate among 20-24-year-olds, urban and rural Nepal, 1996, and standard value |
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Notes: Urban and rural rates are based on averages for 1994-1996. Each rate is expressed as a ratio to the rate among 20-24-year-olds. Source: Urban and rural Nepal, tabulated from the 1996 Nepal Family Health Survey (see reference 7); standard, see reference 10. |
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