1. A New Picture of Abortion in Russia.
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Hollander, Dore
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ABORTION , *BIRTH control , *HOSPITALS , *SURVEYS , *OBSTETRICS surgery , *BIRTH intervals - Abstract
The article reports on the decrease in the rate of abortion in Russia in 1994 according to the study "New Estimates of Induced Abortion in Russia." The abortion rate in Russia may no longer be as high as official figures in the past indicated, according to an analysis of data from the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (RLMS). The 1994 round of the survey, which included 2,933 women aged 15-49, asked women about their abortion experience in the previous 12 months. Results suggest that the 1994 abortion rate was 56 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15-49, considerably lower than the 1992 rate based on official statistics for abortions performed in hospitals-estimated in various studies at 98 and 81 abortions per 1,000 women. .
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- 1997