Author:

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

Co-author(s):

• Alberto Madeiro - Madeiro, A. - Universidade Estadual do Piaui, Núcleo de Pesquisa e Extensão em Saúde da Mulher - <madeiro@uol.com.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5258-5982
• Marcelo Medeiros - Medeiros, M. - Instituto de Pesquisa Economica Aplicada (Ipea) - <marcelo.medeiros@columbia.edu>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7152-5996

Thematic Area:

Ciências Sociais

Abstract:

We present the results of the Brazilian National Abortion Survey 2016 (PNA 2016) and compare them to those obtained in the PNA 2010 for the profile of women and the magnitude of abortion. The survey is a household random sample survey that combines questionnaires using the ballot-box technique and face to face interviews with women aged 18 to 39 years in the urban areas of Brazil. The results show that abortion is frequent and persistent among women of all social classes, racial groups, educational levels and religions: in 2016, 1 in each 5 women, at the age of 40 year has already performed at least one abortion. In 2015, approximately 417 thousand women aborted. There is, however, within group heterogeneity, with a higher frequency of abortion among women of lower educational level, black, brown and indigenous, living in the North, Northeastern and Mid-western regions of the country. In line with PNA 2010, most women took medicine to abort and half of all women were hospitalized to finish the abortion.

Keywords:

Aborto induzido Pesquisa Nacional de Aborto História reprodutiva Técnica de urna Brasil

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