Attitudes of Married Women Towards Induced Abortion in Manisa
| dc.contributor.author | Özmen, D | |
| dc.contributor.author | Çetinkaya, AÇ | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ulas, SC | |
| dc.contributor.author | Bolsoy, N | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-04-10T10:26:12Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-04-10T10:26:12Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | Introduction: This study was aimed at revealing attitudes of married women towards induced abortion. Methods: This study was descriptive and the study population included 64.382 married women aged 15-49 years in the city of Manisa. Three hundred and eighty-three women were selected from 11 family health care centers by proportional stratified sampling. The data were collected using Socio-demographic Information Form, Attitude Inventory of Induced Abortion and Knowledge of Induced Abortion Form. Results: The participants had the highest rates of agreement with the items induced abortion is a sin and induced abortion is a murder. Multivariate analyses showed that women at an older age, women with higher education, women having a nuclear family, women with fewer living children, women with a previous induced abortion, women using a modern family planning method, women defining themselves as nullifidians or who did not fulfil religious rituals, and women having higher scores for knowledge of induced abortion had a more positive attitude towards induced abortion. Conclusion: The results of the study showed that the attitudes of women towards induced abortion were affected by religion, but that they had the enough flexibility to have a positive attitude when a medical or social necessity arose. | |
| dc.identifier.e-issn | 2148-094X | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2619-9793 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14701/33889 | |
| dc.language.iso | English | |
| dc.title | Attitudes of Married Women Towards Induced Abortion in Manisa | |
| dc.type | Article |