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Percentage distribution of women who obtain legal abortions, by marital status: Selected areas and years.(Statistical Data Included)

Readings on Induced Abortion, Volume 2: A World Review 2000

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Table 7 
 
Percentage distribution of women who obtain legal abortions, by martial 
status 
 
Selected areas and years 
 
BELARUS 
 
                                              Marital status 
Area and year 
                          Currently        Previously    Never- 
                            married           married   married 
 
1995                           90.9                na       9.1 
1995                           84.9                na      15.1 
 
                           Marital 
                            status 
Area and year 
 
                          Total 
 
1995                      100.0 
1995                      100.0 
 
BELGIUM 
 
                                              Marital status 
Area and year 
                          Currently        Previously    Never- 
                            married           married   married 
 
1993                           37.8              10.2      51.9 
1994                           36.5               9.9      53.6 
1995                           34.4              10.2      55.4 
 
                           Marital 
                            status 
Area and year 
 
                          Total 
 
1993                      100.0 
1994                      100.0 
1995                      100.0 
 
BULGARIA 
 
                                              Marital status 
Area and year 
                          Currently        Previously    Never- 
                            married           married   married 
 
1980                           83.6                na      16.4 
1987                           78.3                na      21.7 
1990                           80.4               3.1      16.4 
1995                           75.2               2.9      21.9 
1996                           74.8               3.0      22.3 
 
                           Marital 
                            status 
 
Area and year 
 
                          Total 
 
1980                      100.0 
1987                      100.0 
1990                      100.0 
1995                      100.0 
1996                      100.0 
 
CANADA (2,3,4) 
 
                                              Marital status 
Area and year 
                          Currently        Previously    Never- 
                            married           married   married 
 
1974                           32.2               9.6      58.2 
1975                           32.3               9.3      58.4 
1976                           31.7               9.9      58.4 
1977                           30.1               9.7      60.2 
1978                           28.4              10.2      61.4 
1979                           26.0               9.9      64.1 
1980                           25.0               9.8      65.2 
1981                           24.6               9.6      65.8 
1982                           25.0               9.7      65.3 
1983                           24.4               9.4      66.1 
1984                           23.9               9.5      66.6 
1985                           24.1               9.0      66.9 
1986                           23.9               8.6      67.5 
1987                           24.5               8.2      67.3 
1988                           24.8               8.0      67.2 
1989                           26.0               7.5      66.5 
1990                           26.5               7.6      65.9 
1991                           26.7               7.9      65.4 
1992                           27.4               8.0      64.6 
1993                           27.2               7.3      65.5 
1994                           26.7               6.4      66.9 
1995                           27.2               6.0      66.8 
 
                           Marital 
                            status 
Area and year 
 
                          Total 
 
1974                      100.0 
1975                      100.0 
1976                      100.0 
1977                      100.0 
1978                      100.0 
1979                      100.0 
1980                      100.0 
1981                      100.0 
1982                      100.0 
1983                      100.0 
1984                      100.0 
1985                      100.0 
1986                      100.0 
1987                      100.0 
1988                      100.0 
1989                      100.0 
1990                      100.0 
1991                      100.0 
1992                      100.0 
1993                      100.0 
1994                      100.0 
1995                      100.0 
 
CZECH REPUBLIC (3,5) 
 
                                              Marital status 
Area and year 
                          Currently        Previously    Never- 
                            married           married   married 
 
1984                           77.0               9.7      13.3 
1985                           76.8               9.7      13.6 
1986                           76.2              10.1      13.7 
1987                           75.9               9.3      14.8 
1988                           75.1               9.1      15.8 
1989                           75.3               9.3      15.4 
1990                           74.0               9.2      16.7 
1991                           74.0               9.3      16.7 
1992                           71.6               9.6      18.8 
1994                           65.7              11.2      23.2 
1995                           64.1              11.7      24.2 
1996                           61.3              12.3      26.5 
 
                           Marital 
                            status 
Area and year 
 
                          Total 
 
1984                      100.0 
1985                      100.0 
1986                      100.0 
1987                      100.0 
1988                      100.0 
1989                      100.0 
1990                      100.0 
1991                      100.0 
1992                      100.0 
1994                      100.0 
1995                      100.0 
1996                      100.0 
 
CZECHOSLOVAKIA (3,5) 
 
                                              Marital status 
Area and year 
                          Currently        Previously    Never- 
                            married           married   married 
 
1965-1969                      80.6               5.5      16.9 
1970-1974                      76.3               6.5      16.9 
1975                           76.3               7.1      16.6 
1976                           78.1               7.0      14.9 
1977                           79.5               7.0      13.5 
1978                           80.2               7.1      12.7 
1979                           80.1               7.3      12.6 
1980                           80.6               7.2      12.2 
1981                           80.0               7.5      12.5 
1982                           79.9               7.7      12.4 
1983                           79.2               7.9      12.9 
1984                           78.4               8.4      13.2 
1985                           78.2               8.3      13.5 
1986                           77.9               8.6      13.5 
1987                           77.6               7.9      14.4 
1988                           76.9               7.9      15.2 
1989                           76.8               8.1      15.1 
1990                           75.7               8.0      16.2 
1991                           75.7               8.1      16.2 
1992                           73.7               8.4      17.9 
 
                           Marital 
                            status 
Area and year 
 
                          Total 
 
1965-1969                 100.0 
1970-1974                 100.0 
1975                      100.0 
1976                      100.0 
1977                      100.0 
1978                      100.0 
1979                      100.0 
1980                      100.0 
1981                      100.0 
1982                      100.0 
1983                      100.0 
1984                      100.0 
1985                      100.0 
1986                      100.0 
1987                      100.0 
1988                      100.0 
1989                      100.0 
1990                      100.0 
1991                      100.0 
1992                      100.0 
 
DEN MARK (5) 
 
                                              Marital status 
Area and year 
                          Currently        Previously    Never- 
                            married           married   married 
 
1963                           74.2              10.8      15.0 
1964                           74.3              11.1      14.6 
1965                           73.9              11.7      14.4 
1966                           70.0              12.0      18.0 
1967                           65.3              11.4      23.3 
1968                           62.6              11.6      25.8 
1969                           60.5              11.4      28.1 
1974                           57.9               8.1      34.0 
1975                           55.1               7.6      37.3 
1976                           52.5               7.2      40.3 
1977                           48.5               9.8      41.7 
1978                           45.4              10.0      44.6 
1981                           42.3               8.2      49.5 
1982                           41.0               8.5      50.6 
1983                           39.5               7.9      52.7 
1984                           37.6               7.8      54.6 
1985                           35.4               7.5      57.1 
1986                           33.8               8.0      58.3 
1987                           33.6               7.4      59.0 
1988                           32.4               6.5      61.1 
 
                           Marital 
                            status 
Area and year 
 
                          Total 
 
1963                      100.0 
1964                      100.0 
1965                      100.0 
1966                      100.0 
1967                      100.0 
1968                      100.0 
1969                      100.0 
1974                      100.0 
1975                      100.0 
1976                      100,0 
1977                      100.0 
1978                      100.0 
1981                      100.0 
1982                      100.1 
1983                      100.1 
1984                      100.0 
1985                      100.0 
1986                      100.0 
1987                      100.0 
1988                      100.0 
 
ENGLAND and WALES (6) 
 
                                              Marital status 
Area and year 
                          Currently        Previously    Never- 
                            married           married   married 
 
1968                           45.3               8.4      46.3 
1969                           46.2               8.9      44.9 
1970                           45.2               9.3      45.5 
1971                           44.0               9.1      46.9 
1972                           43.2               9.7      47.1 
1973                           42.4               9.7      47.9 
1974                           41.3               9.9      48.8 
1975                           40.6              10.1      49.3 
1976                           39.7              10.2      50.1 
1977                           38.8              10.4      50.8 
1978                           37.9              11.4      50.7 
1979                           36.2              11.4      52.4 
1980                           34.7              11.5      53.8 
1981                           33.5              11.3      55.2 
1982                           32.0              11.3      56.7 
1983                           30.6              11.2      58.3 
1984                           28.8              10.9      60.4 
1985                           27.0              10.5      62.5 
1986                           26.2              10.2      63.7 
1987                           24.8               9.8      65.4 
1988                           23.4               9.6      67.1 
1989                           22.8               9.7      67.5 
1990                           22.4               9.5      68.1 
1991                           23.1               9.3      67.6 
1992                           23.2               9.6      67.2 
1993                           23.0               9.7      67.3 
1994                           23.0               9.1      68.0 
1995                           22.3               8.6      69.1 
1996                           21.4               7.4      71.2 
1997                           21.0               7.4      71.6 
 
                           Marital 
                            status 
Area and year 
 
                          Total 
 
1968                      100.0 
1969                      100.0 
1970                      100.0 
1971                      100.0 
1972                      100.0 
1973                      100.0 
1974                      100.0 
1975                      100.0 
1976                      100.0 
1977                      100.0 
1978                      100.0 
1979                      100.0 
1980                      100.0 
1981                      100.0 
1982                      100.0 
1983                      100.1 
1984                      100.1 
1985                      100.0 
1986                      100.0 
1987                      100.0 
1988                      100.0 
1989                      100.0 
1990                      100.0 
1991                      100.0 
1992                      100.0 
1993                      100.0 
1994                      100.0 
1995                      100.0 
1996                      100.0 
1997                      100.0 
 
ESTONIA (3) 
 
                                              Marital status 
Area and year 
                          Currently        Previously    Never- 
                            married           married   married 
 
1995                           71.6               6.1      22.2 
1996                           69.7               6.7      23.5 
 
                           Marital 
                            status 
Area and year 
 
                          Total 
 
1995                      100.0 
1996                      100.0 
 
FINLAND (5) 
 
                                              Marital status 
Area and year 
                          Currently        Previously    Never- 
                            married           married   married 
 
1976                           39.5              11.0      49.5 
1977                           38.2              10.9      50.9 
1978                           35.5              11.5      53.0 
1979                           36.0               9.4      54.6 
1980                           35.3               8.5      56.2 
1981                           34.6               9.5      55.9 
1982                           33.3               8.8      57.9 
1983                           32.1               8.8      59.1 
1984                           33.9               8.6      57.5 
1985                           33.5               9.1      57.4 
1986                           33.4               9.0      57.7 
1987                           32.5               9.3      58.1 
1990                           27.7              12.9      59.4 
1992                           26.7              13.2      60.1 
1993                           26.5              13.1      60.3 
1995                           25.7              14.3      60.0 
 
                           Marital 
                            status 
Area and year 
 
                          Total 
 
1976                      100.0 
1977                      100.0 
1978                      100.0 
1979                      100.0 
1980                      100.0 
1981                      100.0 
1982                      100.0 
1983                      100.0 
1984                      100.0 
1985                      100.0 
1986                      100.0 
1987                      100.0 
1990                      100.0 
1992                      100.0 
1993                      100.0 
1995                      100.0 
 
FRANCE (2) 
 
                                              Marital status 
Area and year 
                          Currently        Previously    Never- 
                            married           married   married 
 
1979                           51.2               7.1      41.7 
1980                           49.3               7.6      43.1 
1981                           47.9               8.0      44.1 
1982                           47.4               8.2      44.4 
1983                           44.9               8.3      46.8 
1984                           45.8               8.5      45.7 
1985                           44.0               9.0      46.9 
1986                           42.2               9.2      48.6 
1987                           40.2               9.3      50.5 
1988                           38.4               9.4      52.3 
1989                           36.7               9.2      54.1 
1990                           36.3              10.0      53.6 
1994                           31.2               9.7      59.1 
1995                           29.5               9.8      60.8 
 
                           Marital 
                            status 
Area and year 
 
                          Total 
 
1979                      100.0 
1980                      100.0 
1981                      100.0 
1982                      100.0 
1983                      100.0 
1984                      100.0 
1985                      100.0 
1986                      100.0 
1987                      100.0 
1988                      100.0 
1989                      100.0 
1990                      100.0 
1994                      100.0 
1995                      100.0 
 
GERMANY, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF (5) 
(WEST GERMANY) 
 
                                              Marital status 
Area and year 
                          Currently        Previously    Never- 
                            married           married   married 
 
1977                           61.6               8.7      29.7 
1978                           58.9               7.2      33.9 
1979                           56.0               6.8      37.2 
1980                           54.1               6.6      39.3 
1981                           53.2               6.3      40.5 
1982                           51.8               6.2      41.9 
1983                           51.0               6.4      42.6 
1984                           50.1               6.2      43.7 
1985                           49.1               6.1      44.8 
1986                           48.1               6.3      45.6 
1987                           47.6               6.3      46.0 
1988                           48.4               6.0      45.7 
1989                           48.8               6.4      44.8 
1990                           49.2               6.4      44.4 
1991                           50.4               6.1      43.5 
1992                           50.6               5.7      43.6 
 
                           Marital 
                            status 
Area and year 
 
                          Total 
 
1977                      100.0 
1978                      100.0 
1979                      100.0 
1980                      100.0 
1981                      100.0 
1982                       99.9 
1983                      100.0 
1984                      100.0 
1985                      100.0 
1986                      100.0 
1987                      100.0 
1988                      100.0 
1989                      100.0 
1990                      100.0 
1991                      100.0 
1992                      100.0 
 
GERMANY (UNIFIED) (5) 
 
                                              Marital status 
Area and year 
                          Currently        Previously    Never- 
                            married           married   married 
 
1993                           53.4               7.0      39.6 
1994                           52.8               6.9      40.3 
1995                           52.5               7.2      40.4 
1996                           52.3               7.0      40.6 
1997                           52.2               6.8      41.0 
 
                           Marital 
                            status 
Area and year 
 
                          Total 
 
1993                      100.0 
1994                      100.0 
1995                      100.0 
1996                      100.0 
1997                      100.0 
 
GUYANA (7) 
 
                                              Marital status 
Area and year 
                          Currently        Previously    Never- 
                            married           married   married 
 
1996                           75.0               4.0      21.0 
 
                           Marital 
                            status 
Area and year 
 
                          Total 
 
1996                      100.0 
 
HUNGARY (5) 
 
                                              Marital status 
Area and year 
                          Currently        Previously    Never- 
                            married           married   married 
 
1957-1961                      89.7               2.7       7.6 
1962-1966                      86.7               3.0      10.3 
1967                           84.2               3.7      12.1 
1968                           84.1               3.7      12.2 
1969                           82.9               3.9      13.2 
1970                           82.0               4.0      14.0 
1971                           80.4               3.6      16.0 
1972                           79.2               3.6      17.2 
1973                           78.2               4.0      17.8 
1974                           70.2               6.8      23.0 
1975                           69.6               6.7      23.7 
1976                           69.7               7.0      23.3 
1977                           69.7               7.5      22.8 
1978                           70.2               7.7      22.1 
1979                           70.7               8.1      21.2 
1980                           71.1               8.5      20.4 
1981                           70.6               8.9      20.5 
1982                           70.5               9.3      20.1 
1983                           70.0               9.6      20.4 
1984                           69.2               9.8      21.0 
1985                           68.8              10.3      21.0 
1986                           68.2              10.5      21.3 
1987                           68.1              10.7      21.2 
1990                           62.8              10.3      27.0 
1995                           52.8              10.1      37.1 
1996                           52.2              10.4      37.4 
 
                           Marital 
                            status 
Area and year 
 
                          Total 
 
1957-1961                 100.0 
1962-1966                 100.0 
1967                      100.0 
1968                      100.0 
1969                      100.0 
1970                      100.0 
1971                      100.0 
1972                      100.0 
1973                      100.0 
1974                      100.0 
1975                      100.0 
1976                      100.0 
1977                      100.0 
1978                      100,0 
1979                      100.0 
1980                      100.0 
1981                      100.0 
1982                       99.9 
1983                      100.0 
1984                      100.0 
1985                      100.0 
1986                      100.0 
1987                      100.0 
1990                      100.0 
1995                      100.0 
1996                      100.0 
 
ICELAND 
 
                                              Marital status 
Area and year 
                          Currently        Previously    Never- 
                            married           married   married 
 
1976-1978                      43.7              11.5      44.8 
1979-1983                      31.7              12.6      55.7 
 
                           Marital 
                            status 
Area and year 
 
                          Total 
 
1976-1978                 100.0 
1979-1983                 100.0 
 
INDIA (2) 
 
                                              Marital status 
Area and year 
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