Ashton J R, Machin D, Osmond C, Balajaran R, Adam S A, Donnan S P
J Epidemiol Community Health. 1983 Jun;37(2):105-10. doi: 10.1136/jech.37.2.105.
Analysis of routinely published abortion and fertility data for England and Wales between 1968 and 1980 shows that the age-specific abortion rates increased from 1968 until about 1973 when the rates peaked for all ages; rates then declined until 1977 but have subsequently returned to higher levels. Two factors are implicated: (1) the recent changes are related to parallel changes in the fertility rate; but (2) there is also a tendency for recent cohorts of women to resort to abortion more readily. These relationships are derived from analyses of fertility rates and abortion ratios, the proportion of conceptions that result in abortions. The results are discussed in terms of attitudes and practices related to birth control.
对1968年至1980年间英格兰和威尔士定期公布的堕胎与生育数据的分析表明,特定年龄组的堕胎率从1968年开始上升,直至1973年左右达到各年龄段的峰值;随后,堕胎率下降至1977年,但此后又回升至更高水平。涉及两个因素:(1)近期的变化与生育率的平行变化有关;但(2)近期的女性群体也更倾向于选择堕胎。这些关系源自对生育率和堕胎比率(导致堕胎的受孕比例)的分析。本文将根据与节育相关的态度和做法对研究结果进行讨论。