Detecting Induced Abortions from Reports of Pregnancy Terminations in DHS Calendar Data

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ID10796295
AuthorsRobert J Magnani (0000-0002-2666-1371, Tulane University, corresponding author), Naomi Rutenberg, H Gilman Mccann
Year1996
Volume27
Issue1
Pages36
Publication date1996-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueStudies in Family Planning (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0039-3665 • E-ISSN: 1728-4465
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/2138076
PMID8677522
OpenAlexW2051944170
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited7

This study considers whether pregnancy terminations reported in Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) calendar data can be classified accurately as having been spontaneous or induced based upon other information collected in the survey interview. A classification scheme is proposed that is an adaptation of the method developed by the World Health Organization for categorizing cases in which women admitted to hospitals experienced complications of pregnancy termination. The scheme is evaluated using data from the 1993 Turkey DHS. Evaluation results indicate that the method identifies true cases of induced abortion accurately, but tends to classify a relatively large number of reported spontaneous terminations as induced abortions. However, when it is corrected for likely respondent misreporting of induced abortions as spontaneous terminations, both the sensitivity and specificity of the method appear to be acceptable

Abortion · Discontinuation · Environmental health · Family planning · Fertility · Gynecology · Marital status · Obstetrics · Population · Pregnancy · Psychiatry · Reproductive health · Research methodology · Respondent · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Global Maternal and Child Health · Medicine · Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies

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