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0260/2023 - Abortion and race in Brazil, 2016 - 2021
Aborto e raça no Brasil, 2016 a 2021

Author:

• Debora Diniz - Diniz, D. - <d.diniz@anis.org.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6987-2569

Co-author(s):

• Marcelo Medeiros - Medeiros, M. - <marcelo.medeiros@columbia.edu>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7152-5996
• Pedro H. G. Ferreira de Souza - Souza, P.H.G.F - <pedro.ferreira@ipea.gov.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5271-0165
• Emanuelle Goés - Goés, E. - <emanuelle.goes@fiocruz.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9288-6723


Abstract:

We examined the incidence of abortion by color or race of women in Brazil using datathree editions of the PNA, 2016, 2019 and 2021. We compared racial differentials by applying tests of differences in means to data in separate surveys, combined surveys without reweighting, and combined and reweighted surveys. In the comparison, we also used logistic models for estimating the chance of having an abortion. The results indicate that there is a consistent racial difference in the three editions of the PNA, with the percentage of abortion among black women being higher than among white women. In the combined and reweighted surveys, among black women of all ages, the probability of having had an abortion is 11.03%, while among white women it is 7.55%. This is a difference of 3.5 percentage points, which translates into a 46% greater probability for black women. All values statistically significant for a 5% interval. Logistic regressions produce similar results, a mean predicted probability of blacks of 12.61% and of whites of 8.90%, also significant. Racial differences remain statistically significant for various combinations of PNA editions. However, in the isolated surveys, the tests of mean differences are statistically significant only in 2016. Due to the reduced sample size, it is not possible to say much about the differences between Asian and indigenous women.

Keywords:

Abortion. Color or race. National Abortion Survey. Brazil

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Diniz, D., Medeiros, M., Souza, P.H.G.F, Goés, E.. Abortion and race in Brazil, 2016 - 2021. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2023/Sep). [Citado em 27/09/2024]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/abortion-and-race-in-brazil-2016-2021/18886?id=18886



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