Title: Did induced abortion associate with family planning policy in China
Abstract: The objective of this paper is to reflect the levels and changes of induced abortions over the whole period of family planning programs in China and to mirror the differences of the levels and causes of induced abortions between rural and urban areas and Han and minority nationalities on whom different family planning policies were imposed. Using the data from Chinas Ministry of Health and the data from the 1997 National Population and Reproductive Survey we found that the peaks of induced abortions occurred around the years 1983 and 1991. The rate of induced abortions in rural areas was much lower than that in urban areas even though the implementation of family planning was heavily emphasized in rural areas and the rate of induced abortion for Han nationality women was much higher than that for minority nationality. In general the main cause of induced abortions was unexpected pregnancy but the main cause of induced abortions in rural areas and for minority nationality was inconsistencywith the requirements of family planning policy. The number and sex of children a woman ever had influenced the results of sex ratio at birth and the rate of induced abortions simultaneously which proved that the voluntarily sex-selected induced abortion widely existed in China. The incidences of induced abortions per ever-conceived woman and the proportion of induced abortions per conception caused by inconsistency with the requirements of family planning were quite low. Such incidences and proportions were higher in urban areas and Han nationality than in rural areas and minority nationality. (authors)
Publication Year: 2006
Publication Date: 2006-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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