Induced abortions among Chinese adolescent girls – BMC Women’s Health

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Induced abortions among Chinese adolescent girls – BMC Women’s Health





Statistical analysis

Descriptive statistics and tests for differences between women with different characteristics are shown in Table 1.

  1. Overall, there are 0.89% of women in this sample had experienced at least one induced abortion at the age of 15–19.
  2. The P values show that there are significant differences in cohort, residence, educational level, ethnic groups and marital status at the time of the survey among women have experienced induced abortions at the age of 15–19.
  3. Women in later birth cohort, living in rural areas, with lower educational level, from minorities group or married at the time of the survey have a higher proportion of having experienced adolescent induced abortions.
Table 1 Descriptive characteristics and chi-square test results of women who have experienced adolescent induced abortions, No.(%)
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The Table 2 shows the odds ratio of having experienced adolescent induced abortions among women in different birth cohorts.

  • The lower odds ratio of women having experienced adolescent induced abortions in the 15–19 birth cohort was because of the right censoring.
  • A substantial number of induced abortions did not occur among women in this birth cohort.
  • Except for women with college education or above, there are statistically significant trend with birth cohorts among women in different characteristics.
  • Women in later birth cohort have a higher odds ratio of having experienced adolescent induced abortions.
Table 2 Odds ratio of having experienced adolescent induced abortions among women in different birth cohorts
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Overall trend of induced abortions at the age of 15–19

Figure 1 presents the overall trend of adolescent induced abortion proportion and rate, as well as the mean age at the time of induced abortions among adolescent girls in China.

  1. Panel 1A shows that the proportion of adolescent induced abortion fluctuated between 10 and 20% from 1996 to 2016, and there was an overall downward trend after 2006, from 18.46% in 2006 to 11.15% in 2016.
  2. Adolescent induced abortion rate shows an upward trend and then declines, with a rate of 2.76‰ in 2016.
  3. The mean age of adolescent induced abortion has been declining since 2006.
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