Unintended pregnancies, induced abortions and risk factors in women admitted to hospitals due to birth or abortion in Hatay

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study is to determine the frequency of unintended pregnancies, induced abortions and associated risk factors in women who have been admitted to hospitals in Hatay. Method: The subjects of this cross-sectional study were women who had been admitted to hospitals for the purposes of delivery or abortion, during a month-long period. A structured questionnaire was taken by 635 women. Unintended pregnancy was dependent variable. The independent variables were: age, husband's age, civil status, total number of pregnancies, employment, use of family planning methods and family planning consultation services. Chisquare and Student's t-test were used toanalyze of data. Results:21.4% of women reported using a family planning method when they got pregnant and 15.1% of the women said they did not want to be this pregnant. Ages of the women and their husbands, as well as the total number of pregnancies, were higher among unintended pregnancies (p<0.05). The frequency of unintended pregnancies increased where the husbands were unemployed, education levels of the couple were low, women were single or not officially married, disabled, or did not receive consultancy from their family physicians about family planning (p<0.05). 45.8% of all unintended pregnancies happened without the use of any family planning methods (p<0.01).

Women’s Autonomy and Unintended Pregnancy: an Idhs 2017 Data Analysis

“…The partner's working status and pregnancy are not expected to have a significant correlation with the odd ratio of husbands not working at 1.77. The results of this study are in line with the results of research in countries with a majority Muslim population such as Turkey (17,18) and Egypt (19). The possibility of insufficient husband's income influences men's decisions about pregnancy, which is generally the choice of men which also controls women's access to care, education and welfare.…”

Hala önlenemeyen önemli bir halk sağlığı sorunu: İstenmeyen gebelikler ve epidemiyolojisi

“…In another study conducted on married women aged 18-49 years, the rate of unwanted pregnancies was 26.1% and 26.1% of these women had 2 and 5.8% had 4 or more unwanted pregnancies (15). In a study conducted on women who applied to hospitals, it was found that unwanted pregnancies were 15% and this rate was reported to be higher in women with low educational level and in women whose husbands were unemployed (16). The rate of unwanted pregnancies is 40% worldwide (2).…”