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ARMENIA POTENTIALLY LOSES AROUND 1400 FUTURE MOTHERS EVERY YEAR - UNFPA
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Dec 19 2011
Armenia
On average each year Armenia potentially loses around 1400 future
mothers, says the report of United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
A survey of women of reproductive age (15-49) from 2830 Armenian
households, who had at least one pregnancy in their lifetime was held.
The study suggests that 0.8 per cent of 900,000 Armenian women
ï~@¨around 7200 womenï~@© of reproductive age has had a sex selective
abortion in the last five years.
"This means that on average each year Armenia potentially loses around
1400 future mothers," the report says.
Sex selective abortions are most vividly expressed in case of the
3rd and the 4th child, among ng urban women, among women with higher
education and among women with high level of income (AMD100,000
and above).
Every two out of five women that have passed the quantitative survey
have reported son preference during their first pregnancy, while only
one in seven women wanted a girl. At the same time, about half (44%) of
the surveyed women had no sex preference during their first pregnancy.
"Based on the answers of participants of the qualitative survey, one
may conclude that there are no significant problems in regard with
different attitudes towards girls and boys within the families, and
that the problem lies with the prospects for future self-expression of
women in the society and their higher vulnerability," the reports says.
From: Baghdasarian
news.am
Dec 19 2011
Armenia
On average each year Armenia potentially loses around 1400 future
mothers, says the report of United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
A survey of women of reproductive age (15-49) from 2830 Armenian
households, who had at least one pregnancy in their lifetime was held.
The study suggests that 0.8 per cent of 900,000 Armenian women
ï~@¨around 7200 womenï~@© of reproductive age has had a sex selective
abortion in the last five years.
"This means that on average each year Armenia potentially loses around
1400 future mothers," the report says.
Sex selective abortions are most vividly expressed in case of the
3rd and the 4th child, among ng urban women, among women with higher
education and among women with high level of income (AMD100,000
and above).
Every two out of five women that have passed the quantitative survey
have reported son preference during their first pregnancy, while only
one in seven women wanted a girl. At the same time, about half (44%) of
the surveyed women had no sex preference during their first pregnancy.
"Based on the answers of participants of the qualitative survey, one
may conclude that there are no significant problems in regard with
different attitudes towards girls and boys within the families, and
that the problem lies with the prospects for future self-expression of
women in the society and their higher vulnerability," the reports says.
From: Baghdasarian