The impact of the economic recession on inequalities in induced abortion in the main cities of Spain.

Perez, Gloria; Gotsens, Mercè; Cevallos-García, Carlos; Felicitas Domínguez-Berjón, María; IMCrisis Project group; (2018) The impact of the economic recession on inequalities in induced abortion in the main cities of Spain. European Journal of Public Health, 29 (2). pp. 279-281. ISSN 1101-1262 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/cky250

Abstract

The aim of this study was to analyse the trends in socioeconomic inequalities in induced abortion during the pre-crisis and crisis periods in the postcodes of two major cities of Spain. Ecological regression model showed that rates of induced abortion tended to increase between the two pre-crisis periods, but remained stable between the second pre-crisis period and the crisis period. In addition, we observed socioeconomic inequalities in induced abortion in both cities and in all age groups, and that these inequalities persisted across the three study periods.