1. Attitudes and Practices Toward Sex-Selective Abortion in an Urban District of Nepal: Findings From a Cross-Sectional Study.
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Regmi, Khusbu, Shrestha, Binjwala, Shakya, Sujata, and Lamichhane, Prabhat
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ABORTION laws ,ABORTION & psychology ,STATISTICS ,CONFIDENCE intervals ,CROSS-sectional method ,MULTIPLE regression analysis ,MULTIVARIATE analysis ,CRONBACH'S alpha ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,SCALE analysis (Psychology) ,CHI-squared test ,ATTITUDES toward pregnancy ,PHYSICIAN practice patterns ,SEX determination ,METROPOLITAN areas ,DATA analysis software ,ODDS ratio ,SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors - Abstract
Nepal, a country with deeply ingrained patriarchal values and culture, has limited evidence regarding the practices of sex selection and sex-selective abortion. This study aimed to investigate the attitudes and practices surrounding sex-selective abortion (SSA) and the factors associated with it. A cross-sectional study design was used to collect data from 320 women between the ages of 15 and 49, who had at least one child under the age of 5 and lived in the Bhaktapur district, Nepal. A total of 19.7% of the participants had undergone an abortion, with 39.6% of those being SSAs. Factors like women empowerment and preference for smaller family size are associated with women's favorable attitude toward SSA. In multivariate analysis, women who faced pressure from their families to have a son and those who were aware of Nepal's abortion laws were more likely to abort a female fetus. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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