Pick de Weiss, Susan; David, Henry

Illegal abortion in Mexico: client perceptions
Pick de Weiss, Susan; David, Henry - 1990 - American Journal of Public Health, 80, 6, 715-6

Keywords : abortion seekers; age factors; behavior; cost; decision making; delivery of health care; demographic factors; economic factors; family and household; family planning; friends and relatives; health; health personnel; illegal abortion; induced abortion; perception; physicians; population; population characteristics; postconception fertility control; programs; psychological factors; research methodology; sampling studies; socioeconomic factors; studies; surveys; women's education
Countries : Developing Countries; Latin America; Mexico; North America; North, America

Abstract : An exploratory study of the perceptions of 156 abortion clients in Mexico suggest that perceived quality of service was the main reason for choosing physicians while cost and anonymity were the major reasons for choosing nonphysicians. "Too young" was the most often cited reason for pregnancy termination, followed by economic situation and having too many children already. Cost was, on the average, equivalent to 3-4 weeks minimum wage; physicians' charges were about 3 times higher than those of nonphysicians. (author's)

Web site : http://www.ajph.org/cgi/content/abstract/80/6/715
Notes : Inglés/anglais/English, nbsp;Abstract : Popline (http://db.jhuccp.org/popinform/basic.html) - PIP 061551