title: Socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of induced abortion cases.
abstract: The age, parity, marital and socioeconomic status, education, religion, profession and the period of gestation of 200 patients who applied for legal abortions are analyzed. In this study 74% of the women were more than 20 years of age, 75% had attended secondary school, 63% were students or clerks, 53% came from lower- or middle-class families, 40% were Roman Catholics, 45% were unmarried, 40% were nulliparous and 57% had little or no knowledge of contraception.
authors.forename: T K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Chatterjee
mesh_terms: D000023:Abortion Applicants; D000029:Abortion, Legal; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004493:Education; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D010298:Parity; D011247:Pregnancy; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D015024:Zambia