Correction: Characteristics of women obtaining induced abortions in selected low- and middle-income countries
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Studies in some Sub-Saharan African countries indicated a high proportion of induced abortion, ranging from 13 to 32.8% among young women.
“Furthermore, studies conducted in some Sub-Saharan African countries also indicated a high proportion of induced abortion, ranging from 13 to 32.8% among young women [35, 36].”
From Induced abortion: a cross-sectional study on knowledge of and attitudes toward the new abortion law in Maputo and Quelimane cities, Mozambique (2020) · cites this paper as [35]
Table 1 of the correction (page not given) reports that women aged 20–24 accounted for 32.8% of reported abortions in both Congo Republic and Ghana. It gives the percentage distribution of abortions by age, not the proportion of young women who had an abortion, and it does not show a 13% figure for young women in the listed African countries. (LLM, conf=0.83)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredThe proportion of induced abortion found among women of reproductive age and young women in this study is lower than the proportion found in other African countries.
“However, the proportion of abortion found among women of reproductive age, as well as among young women is lower than the proportion of induced abortion found in other African countries.”
From Induced abortion: a cross-sectional study on knowledge of and attitudes toward the new abortion law in Maputo and Quelimane cities, Mozambique (2020) · cites this paper as [35]
Table 1 in the Correction (page not specified) reports the age distribution of reported abortions in several African countries, not the proportion of women who had an abortion. The accompanying note describes how those distributions were calculated. Neither passage establishes that the proportion in the citing study was lower than in those countries; searches for abortion prevalence among women of reproductive age and young women found no such comparison. (LLM, conf=0.74)
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- [1]Chae S, Desai S, Crowell M, Sedgh G, Singh S (2017) Characteristics of women obtaining induced abortions in selected low- and middle-income countries. PLoS ONE 12(3): e0172976 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0172976 28355285 PMC5371299 · DOI
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“Furthermore, studies conducted in some Sub-Saharan African countries also indicated a high proportion of induced abortion, ranging from 13 to 32.8% among young women [35, 36].”
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- Chae, S., Desai, S., Crowell, M., Sedgh, G., & Singh, S.
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- PLOS ONE
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- Public Library of Science (PLoS)
- Published
- 2017-05-03
- Volume
- 12
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- e0177149
- ISSN
- 1932-6203 (ISSN-L)
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- PMC5415139
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- W2610744886
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- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Reproductive Health and Contraception
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › International Human Rights and Reproductive Law
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Global Maternal and Child Health
- Keywords
- abortion, women, low- and middle-income countries
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