From: Decision making on unsafe abortions in Sri Lanka: a case-control study
Underlying reasons for undergoing induced abortion | Cases | Underlying reasons for continuing with pregnancy | Controls | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | %1 | No. | %1 | ||
Economically not stable | 36 | 29.5% | Religious beliefs on abortion | 266 | 44.3% |
Partner advocates abortion | 17 | 13.9% | Partner supports pregnancy | 167 | 27.8% |
Too old for a pregnancy | 14 | 11.5% | Economically stable | 74 | 12.3% |
Last birth interval too short | 13 | 10.7% | Social stigma attached to abortion | 73 | 12.2% |
Unmarried status/ Widowhood | 10 | 8.2% | Last birth interval not too short | 50 | 8.3% |
Extra-marital affair | 9 | 7.4% | Forced by health worker | 28 | 4.7% |
Plans to go for a job | 6 | 4.9% | Illegal status of abortion | 25 | 4.2% |
Not ready for motherhood | 5 | 4.1% | Did not know how to get it aborted | 23 | 3.8% |
Rape | 5 | 4.1% | Forced by partner, family or friends | 21 | 3.5% |
Forced by partner | 4 | 3.3 % | Others know I am pregnant | 6 | 1.0% |
Female foetus on scan | 1 | 0.8% | After visualizing the foetus on scan | 1 | 0.2% |