Codes and Frequencies
Description
PREGTERMTYP reports how the respondent's most recent pregnancy termination ended: as a stillbirth, miscarriage, abortion, or, in some samples, via "menstrual regulation" (see Comparability).
Comparability
Along with universe differences, PREGTERMTYP varies across samples in terms of whether the option of "menstrual regulation" was included. Bangladesh survey forms include "menstrual regulation" as a mean of family planning in the contraceptive table and define the term as follows:
Researchers must decide for themselves how to classify "menstrual regulation," relative to the other responses. In some cases, menstrual regulation would have been technically a form of abortion, but it may have been conceived of quite differently by health practitioners and women respondents, as a means of treating "blocked menstruation." While pregnancy may be a cause of missed menstrual periods, other causes include stress, major weight loss or excessive exercise, thyroid irregularity, and hormonal imbalance.
Comparability - Standard DHS
PREGTERMTYP is a country-specific variable not included in the standard DHS questionnaire.
Universe
- Bangladesh 1997: Ever-married women age 10-49 who had a pregnancy terminated in the last 5 years.
- Bangladesh 2000: Ever-married women age 10-49 who had a pregnancy terminated in the last 5 years.
- Bangladesh 2004: Ever-married women age 10-49 who had a pregnancy terminated in the last 5 years.
- Bangladesh 2007: Ever-married women age 15-49 who had a pregnancy terminated in the last 5 years.
- India 2015: Women age 15-49 who had a pregnancy terminated in the last 5 years.
- Jordan 2002: Ever-married women age 15-49 who have ever had a terminated pregnancy.
- Jordan 2007: Ever-married women age 15-49 who have ever had a terminated pregnancy.
- Jordan 2009: Ever-married women age 15-49 who have ever had a terminated pregnancy.
- Jordan 2012: Ever-married women age 15-49 who have ever had a terminated pregnancy.
