title: [Attitudes of Czech women toward induced abortions].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Survey of attitudes of Czech women toward abortions.
  
  
  METHODS
  Representative survey.
  
  
  METHODS
  Anonymous questionnare survey of the sample of 1011 Czech women aged 15 to 50.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Number of induced abortions significantly increases with age; women with one or more children frequently undergo induced abortion; women using hormonal contraception have significantly less incidence of induced abortion in their case history; independently of age or place of residence Czech women have liberal attitudes towards the possibility for induced abortion, whereas the religious beliefs significantly increase the restrictive attitudes towards induced abortion.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In spite of the very liberal attitudes of Czech women toward induced abortions their number is constantly decreasing--probably as a result of the increasing number of hormonal contraception users.
authors.affiliation: Sexuologický ustav 1. LF UK a VFN, Praha.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hollá
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Weiss
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Unzeitig
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cibula
mesh_terms: D000028:Abortion, Induced / Q000523:psychology*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D003268:Contraception Behavior; D018153:Czech Republic; D003625:Data Collection; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011247:Pregnancy; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D055815:Young Adult