Determinants of Abortion Practice in Addis Ababa
| dc.contributor.advisor | Asnake, Mengistu (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Habte, Mehiret | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-03-22T08:42:59Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-18T09:28:56Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-03-22T08:42:59Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-18T09:28:56Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2010-07 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Background: World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 42 million abortions take place every year around the world. Approximately 95% of unsafe abortions take place in poor countries, where access to family-planning services is limited. Unsafe abortion accounted for 17% of all maternal deaths in Eastern Africa. In Ethiopia 500,000 women suffer disabilities related to pregnancy and child health due to unsafe abortion related reasons. In Addis Ababa, unsafe abortion accounts for almost 54% percent of maternal mortality. Objective: This study aimed to examine different socio-cultural, economic and demographic factors that are associated with their knowledge, attitude and practice of abortion. Methodology: By applying multistage sampling method , 430 Addis Ababa reproductive age women were interviewed from five randomly selected health facilities which provide Comprehensive Abortion Care. Representative from three types of health providers (Government, private and NGO owned) were also interviewed in depth. Descriptive, Chi-square and multivariate analysis were done to figure out factors associated with their knowledge, a attitude and practice of abortion. Result: Only 44% of the interviewed women can state the correct circumstances where abortion is permissible under Ethiopian abortion law. In terms of attitude 54 % of them are against the idea of abortion practice and 41 % of them do not agree on legality of abortion. Respondent's religious affiliation indicates an association with respondent's attitude towards legality of abortion. From the 414 ever pregnant women 65% of them have had abortion practice in their life time. Of which 66% of the abortion was induced. Taking the confounding effects of each variable, marital status, parity, abortion attitude, unwanted pregnancy history, birth place and occupation were found to be the major predictor variables that related with women abortion practice. Conclusion: Women who are married, less than 30 years old, employed and who were born outside Addis Ababa mirrored relatively higher level of abortion practice than their counterparts. Giving due attention for effective family planning utilization, post abortion care, women empowerment, awareness on abortion legality, proper training and medical supplies are the major themes which needs to be considered for further interventions on abortion in general and unsafe abortion in particular. Key words: Abortion , attitude, practice, unwanted pregnancy | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/12345678/30764 | |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Abortion | en_US |
| dc.subject | attitude | en_US |
| dc.subject | practice | en_US |
| dc.subject | unwanted pregnancy | en_US |
| dc.title | Determinants of Abortion Practice in Addis Ababa | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |