Friday, May 2 / 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM   •   Directors Row 4

Session 89:
Abortion: Measurement, Motivations and Determinants

Chair: Charles Westoff, Princeton University
Discussant: Axel Mundigo, Center for Health and Social Policy

  1. Socio-Demographic Determinants of Abortion in India: A North-South ComparisonSunita Bose, University at Albany, State University of New York ; Katherine Trent, University at Albany, State University of New York

  2. A New Approach to Estimating the Efficacy of Medical AbortionAllison A. Hedley, Princeton University ; Charlotte Ellertson, Ibis Reproductive Health ; James Trussell, Princeton University ; Abigail Norris Turner, Population Council ; Beverly Winikoff, Population Council

  3. Women and Reproductive Control: The Nexus between Abortion and Contraceptive Use in IndiaAnju Malhotra, International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) ; Laura Nyblade, International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) ; Sulabha Parasuraman, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) ; Kerry MacQuarrie, International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) ; Namita N. Kashyap, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) ; Sunayana Walia, International Center for Research on Women (ICRW)

  4. Sex Selective Abortions in Rajasthan, IndiaShalini Verma, Population Council ; Hillary Bracken, Population Council ; Batya Elul, Population Council

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