Journal of the Australian Population Association
Volume 13, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 33-45

Prevalence of and attitudes to abortion among migrant women in Sydney (Article)

Yusuf F.* , Siedlecky S.
  • a Demographic Research Group, School of Economic and Financial Studies, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia
  • b Demographic Research Group, School of Economic and Financial Studies, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia

Abstract

This study, based on a socio-demographic survey, conducted in 1988, of 980 ever-married women of Lebanese, Turkish or Vietnamese origin, shows that Turkish women had the most liberal attitudes and reported the highest incidence of abortion. More than half of the Turkish women and only 10-15 per cent of Lebanese and Vietnamese women thought that a woman should have the right to make the abortion decision herself. In spite of religious and moral objections there were many women who were prepared to consider having an abortion in a variety of common situations such as contraceptive failure, rape, extra-marital pregnancy and medical conditions. © 1996 Springer Science+Business Media.

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DOI: 10.1007/BF03029320
ISSN: 14432447
Original Language: English