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Hong Kong Married abortion applicants: a comparison with married women who elect to complete their pregnancies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

F. Lieh-Mak ,
Y. K. Tam  and
S. Ng
F. Lieh-Mak
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Hong Kong
Y. K. Tam
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Hong Kong
S. Ng
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Hong Kong
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Summary

The authors compared 130 married abortion applicants with 100 married pregnant women who were attending the antenatal clinic. The abortion applicants were more likely to have had unhappy childhoods, broken homes, sexual pathology and more children. Their neuroticism scores on the Maudsley Personality Inventory were significantly higher. They tended to use either no contraception or unreliable methods. They were older and tended to report more socioeconomic problems. The characteristics of abortion applicants in this study seem to be similar to those reported from other countries.

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Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 13 , Issue 1 , January 1981 , pp. 71 - 80
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1981

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