Kumar Manisha, Jyoti Meena, Aruna Prakash, Poddar Anju, Dhariwal Vikas, Shailendra Kishore
Lady Hardinge Medical College & SK Hospital, Delhi, India.
J Obstet Gynaecol India. 2012 Feb;62(1):52-6. doi: 10.1007/s13224-012-0157-5. Epub 2012 Apr 20.
The most common reason for demand for abortion in India is unintended pregnancy.
To obtain information from low income urban married women regarding incidence and cause of unintended pregnancy.
All pregnant married women belonging to low income group were selected for study. The incidence and cause of unintended pregnancy among low income group was noted. Comparison was done between education of the women and parity at which they came with unintended pregnancy also the reasons women gave for nonuse of contraception were compared with their education. Statistical analysis was done using EPI Info ver-5.0. Chi square test was used to test the significance of data.
The total 7,146 women comprised the study group. The incidence of unintended pregnancy was 15.5 %. Educated women came with unintended pregnancy at lesser parity than illiterate women. The most common reason given by women for not using contraception was that they did not think they could become pregnant (42.6 %).
The incidence of unintended pregnancy in low income urban population is low because there are fewer pregnancies which were wanted. There is need to create awareness regarding use of contraception. Education plays a major role in improving the acceptance of contraception.
在印度，要求堕胎的最常见原因是意外怀孕。
从低收入城市已婚妇女中获取有关意外怀孕的发生率及原因的信息。
选取所有属于低收入群体的已婚孕妇进行研究。记录低收入群体中意外怀孕的发生率及原因。对妇女的教育程度与意外怀孕时的胎次进行比较，同时将妇女不使用避孕措施的原因与其教育程度进行比较。使用EPI Info ver-5.0进行统计分析。采用卡方检验来检验数据的显著性。
共有7146名妇女组成研究组。意外怀孕的发生率为15.5%。受过教育的妇女意外怀孕时的胎次低于文盲妇女。妇女不使用避孕措施最常见的原因是她们认为自己不会怀孕（42.6%）。
低收入城市人口中意外怀孕的发生率较低，因为计划内怀孕较少。有必要提高对避孕措施使用的认识。教育在提高对避孕措施的接受度方面起着重要作用。
