Valente, Christine
(2017).
Improved access to abortion, neonatal mortality, and gender bias: Evidence from Nepal.
[Data Collection]. Colchester, Essex:
Economic and Social Research Council.
10.5255/UKDA-SN-850538
Data description (abstract)
There is evidence from the United States that the legalisation of abortion has led to a significant reduction in neonatal and infant mortality. However, no research to date has been able to disentangle between effects of improved access to abortion at the household- and cohort-levels; there is no evidence for developing countries; and existing studies of the impact of abortion legalisation on early life health in the United States are not unanimous.
Nepal initiated a drastic abortion reform in 2002. Moreover, because abortion facilities were made available to the public, the change in the law was not purely de jure. This research will collect data on local availability of abortion services, which opened at different times over a two-year period across the country. Combined with existing data sources, this information will allow estimating the effect of improved access to abortion more precisely, holding constant a number of potentially confounding factors. It will also compare neonatal mortality occurrence between siblings born before and those born after the opening of a nearby legal abortion centre, compare the effect on boys and girls, and estimate whether there is any evidence of improved access to abortion leading to sex-selective abortions.
| Data creators: |
| Creator Name |
Affiliation |
ORCID (as URL) |
| Valente Christine |
University of Sheffield |
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| Sponsors: |
Economic and Social Research Council
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| Grant reference: |
RES-000-22-3740-A
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| Topic classification: |
Health
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| Date published: |
26 Sep 2011 10:40
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| Last modified: |
11 Jul 2017 09:46
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| Collection period: |
| Date from: | Date to: |
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| 1 February 2010 | 31 October 2010 |
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| Country: |
United Kingdom |
| Data collection method: |
Comprehensive Abortion Care (CAC) provide legal abortion services in Nepal. Dates of CAC registration (i.e., official approval to carry out abortions) were obtained from official government records provided by the Ministry of Health, who also provided contact details for each of the 141 Comprehensive Abortion Care (CAC) centres registered by July 2006. Except for 2 of these 141 CACs, one which could not be reached, and one that did not appear to have ever existed after several checks, all were surveyed. A telephonic survey of all CAC facilities registered by July 2006 was carried out by the Center for Research on Environmental, Health and Population Activities (CREHPA), Kathmandu. Most interviews were completed from September to November 2009, but some more remote facilities could only be interviewed in January 2010 due to poor telephone connections. |
| Observation unit: |
Individual, Organization |
| Kind of data: |
Numeric |
| Type of data: |
Qualitative and mixed methods data |
| Resource language: |
English |
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| Data sourcing, processing and preparation: |
The abortion facilities primary data collected as part of this research grant do not relate to any specific individual, nor are they sensitive information regarding a larger community – e.g., no information on the number of abortions taking place in the centre was collected. Ethical clearance for the primary data collection was sought and obtained through the internal ethics process in place at CREHPA, as authorized by the Nepalese authorities.
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| Rights owners: |
| Name |
Affiliation |
ORCID (as URL) |
| Valente Christine |
University of Sheffield |
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| Contact: |
| Name | Email | Affiliation | ORCID (as URL) |
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| Valente, Christine | Christine.Valente@bristol.ac.uk | University of Sheffield | Unspecified |
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| Notes on access: |
The Data Collection is available for download to users registered with the UK Data Service.
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| Publisher: |
Economic and Social Research Council
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| Last modified: |
11 Jul 2017 09:46
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