TY - RPRT AU - Westoff, Charles F. CY - Calverton, Maryland, USA TI - A new approach to estimating abortion rates T2 - DHS Analytical Studies No. 13 PB - Macro International PY - 2008 UR - http://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/AS13/AS13.pdf AB - This paper presents a method to estimate induced abortion rates in different countries based mainly on regression equations featuring contraceptive prevalence and total fertility. For the more developed countries with presumably reliable abortion reporting, the first equation shows an extremely close fit. The principal predictor is the proportion of married women using modern methods of contraception. For less developed countries, other equations depend mainly on both modern method use and total fertility and are more questionable since reliable external estimates of abortion are less available. Estimates of abortion rates are nevertheless presented for a large number of less developed countries, based on recent data on contraceptive prevalence and fertility from a variety of sources. N1 - For assistance using downloaded citations from The DHS Program, please visit http://dhsprogram.com/publications/Citing-DHS-Publications.cfm. MEASURE DHS assists countries worldwide in the collection and use of data to monitor and evaluate population, health, and nutrition programs. Funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), MEASURE DHS is implemented by Macro International Inc. in Calverton, Maryland, USA. ER -