Abstract :
Introduction: Teenage pregnancy is one of the important public health concerns because unsafe induced abortions are also common among them. Objectives: To find out history of teenage marriages and determinants of induced abortion among women of reproductive age group residing in an urbanized village of Delhi. Material & Methods: A community-based, cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out involving 320 women of reproductive age group (15-49 yrs.) resident of an urbanized village of Delhi who were selected by simple random sampling after getting their informed consent. Study tool was pre-tested, semi-structured questionnaire containing closed-ended and open-ended questions on socio-demographic profile, age of marriage, obstetrics history, abortion history and complications after induced abortion. The data was collected, compiled and entered in MS-Excel and analyzed with the help of SPSS version 21.0. Association between the groups was accepted statistically significant when p
Keyword :
Unsafe Abortion, Teens, Early Marriage, Medical Termination Pills