Population Council Research that makes a difference

Population Association of America Annual Meeting
15–17 April 2010

Abstract

"Women’s perceptions of the quality of public-sector abortion services in Mexico City"
Davida Becker, Claudia Díaz-Olavarrieta, Clara Juarez, Sandra García, Patricio Sanhueza, and
Cynthia C. Harper

In an historic vote on April 24, 2007, the Mexico City legislature decriminalized abortion in the first trimester of pregnancy. To date, there has been limited research on clients’ experiences with the abortion services now legally provided by the government. From August to December 2009, we are conducting surveys with 402 women, and in-depth interviews with 30 women seeking abortion care at public-sector sites (general hospital, maternity hospital, and primary health center), to investigate women’s perceptions of the quality of the services. Our survey includes measures of eleven domains of service quality. We will present descriptive findings and will use ordinal regression to test whether overall ratings of services are associated with client sociodemographic characteristics, site type, or visit-specific factors. Our study will contribute information relevant to the conceptualization and measurement of abortion service quality, including important domains to measure in future studies of abortion service quality.

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