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Article: Lifetime abortion rate in Iran is estimated to be one per four women.(DIGESTS)(Author abstract)(Report)
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- International Family Planning Perspectives
- Article date:
- September 1, 2008
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In Iran, where abortion is severely restricted by law, married women aged 15-49 have an estimated 73,000 abortions per year, according to a recent analysis of nationally representative data. (1) This translates to 0.26 lifetime abortions per woman. However, the abortion rate varies widely among Iran's provinces, depending largely on regional levels of religiosity and modern contraceptive use.
The data used to estimate abortion rates and levels come mainly from a subsample of 87,248 married women aged 15-49 who completed the 2000 Iran Demographic and Health Survey. The women provided information on social and demographic characteristics (including fertility), as ...