Induced abortion in Russia: Recent trends and underreporting in surveys

European Journal of Population

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 95-117

  Philipov, D ^a   Andreev, E ^b   Kharkova, T ^b   Shkolnikov, V ^c  

^a VIENNA INSTITUTE OF DEMOGRAPHY   (Austria)

^b Centre of Demography/Human Ecology   (Russian Federation)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abortion; Decline; Statistics; Surveys; Underreporting

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; CONTRACEPTIVE USE; DATA QUALITY; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY;

EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 3142674844     PISSN: 01686577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EUJP.0000034499.24658.7a     Document Type: Article

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