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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 May 17.
Published in final edited form as: Contraception. 2017 Jul 8;96(4):233–241. doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2017.06.014

Table A.1.

Description of data sources used to examine reasons why women have abortions by country

Country Coverage Type of data Year of data Data source
Armenia Nationally representative Population-based 2010 Demographic and Health Survey
Azerbaijan Nationally representative Population-based 2006 Demographic and Health Survey
Belgium Nationally representative Official statistics 2011 Commission Nationale d’Evaluation Interruption de Grossesse
Congo Republic Nationally representative Population-based 2011–12 Demographic and Health Survey
Gabon Nationally representative Population-based 2012 Demographic and Health Survey
Georgia Nationally representative Population-based 2010 Reproductive Health Survey
Ghana Nationally representative Population-based 2007 Maternal Health Survey
Jamaica Nationally representative Population-based 2002 Reproductive Health Survey
Kyrgyz Republic Nationally representative Population-based 2012 Demographic and Health Survey
Nepal Nationally representative Population-based 2011 Demographic and Health Survey
Russia Nationally representative Population-based 2011 Reproductive Health Survey
Turkey Nationally representative (ever-married women) Population-based 2003 Demographic and Health Survey
Sweden 13 urban and rural abortion clinics in middle-third of Sweden Facility-based 2009 Makenzius et al., Repeat induced abortion - a matter of individual behavior or societal factors? A cross-sectional study among Swedish Women, The European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care, 2011, 16:369–377
United States 11 abortion providers Facility-based 2004 National Survey of Women Biggs MA, Gould H, Foster DG. Understanding why women seek abortions in the US. BMC Women’s
United States 30 abortion providers in 21 states Facility-based 2008–2010 Health. 2013; 13:29.