Bose Sunita, Trent Katherine
Department of Sociology, State University of New York, New Paltz [corrected] USA.
J Biosoc Sci. 2006 Mar;38(2):261-82. doi: 10.1017/S0021932005026271. Epub 2005 Oct 4.
Data from the 1998-99 National Family Health Survey (NFHS2) of India are used to examine the net effects of social and demographic characteristics of women on the likelihood of abortion while emphasizing important differences between women from northern and southern states. A north-south comparison illustrates that southern women have relatively higher levels of literacy and labour force participation, lower levels of son preference, and smaller family size. Results from logistic regression analyses show that literacy, type of work, belonging to a scheduled caste or tribe, urban residence, standard of living, parity, religion, age, age at union and contraceptive behaviour all have significant effects on the likelihood of abortion. However, most of these effects significantly differ for southern and northern women. Moreover, the effects of agricultural work, son preference and age at union on the likelihood of abortion are significant for northern but not southern women.
印度1998 - 1999年全国家庭健康调查（NFHS2）的数据被用于研究女性的社会和人口特征对堕胎可能性的净影响，同时强调印度北部和南部各邦女性之间的重要差异。南北比较表明，南方女性的识字率和劳动力参与率相对较高，重男轻女程度较低，家庭规模较小。逻辑回归分析结果显示，识字率、工作类型、属于在册种姓或部落、城市居住、生活水平、胎次、宗教、年龄、结婚年龄和避孕行为均对堕胎可能性有显著影响。然而，其中大多数影响在南北部女性之间存在显著差异。此外，农业工作、重男轻女观念和结婚年龄对堕胎可能性的影响在北方女性中显著，但在南方女性中不显著。
