IPUMS PMA

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ABORYMEANS

Aborted because no means to take care of child

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Type Female Respondents
Female Respondents and Household Members
Female Respondents and Female Non-respondents
All Cases (Respondents and Non-respondents to Household and Female Questionnaires)

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Description

For women who have had an abortion, ABORYMEANS indicates whether one reason that motivated the woman to remove her pregnancy was that she had no means to take care of the child. Women could report more than one motivating reason for the abortion.

The question associated with this variable was included in the female questionnaire.

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Universe

Women aged 15-49 who have had an abortion.

Availability

Congo (Democratic Republic): 2021, 2024
Cote d'Ivoire: 2018
Niger: 2022