THE HISTORY OF ABORTION STATISTICS AND TH E USSR FROM 1917 TO 1991

Authors
AVDEEV A BLUM A TROITSKAJA I
Citation
A. Avdeev et al., THE HISTORY OF ABORTION STATISTICS AND TH E USSR FROM 1917 TO 1991, Population, 49(4-5), 1994, pp. 903-933
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Demografy
Journal title
Population → ACNP
ISSN journal
00324663
Volume
49
Issue
4-5
Year of publication
1994
Pages
903 - 933
Database
ISI
SICI code
0032-4663(1994)49:4-5<903:THOASA>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
The history of abortion and abortion statistics in the USSR between 19 17 and 1991 is particular. Subjected to the vagaries of population pol icies during this period, they can be reconstituted today from many ex tant archives. This article is concerned with the relationships betwee n laws, abortion trends, ideological changes, and statistics. It uses the abundant Russian and Soviet literature on abortion, as well as sta tistics from the archives of the Ministry of Health. Finally, the arti cle analyses the recent decline in abortion and the development of mod ern contraception, mainly IUDs.