AN APPROXIMATION OF THE PROPORTION OF WOMEN WHO KNOW ABOUT LEGAL CONDITION OF ABORTION IN NEPAL THROUGH SMALL AREA ESTIMATION (SAE) TECHNIQUE

Bhim Raj Suwal

Volume : VII, Issue : XII, December - 2017

AN APPROXIMATION OF THE PROPORTION OF WOMEN WHO KNOW ABOUT LEGAL CONDITION OF ABORTION IN NEPAL THROUGH SMALL AREA ESTIMATION (SAE) TECHNIQUE

Bhim Raj Suwal

Abstract :

In Nepal, abortion has been conditionally legalized in 2002 but data on the level of public awareness about legal condition of abortion exist only for national and regional level. In this context, the main objective of this study is to estimate proportion of women of reproductive ages who are aware of legal condition of abortion in Nepal through small area estimation (SAE) technique. The study reveals that Siraha district with 15% and Kanchanpur district with 60% of the women having knowledge about legal condition of abortion in Nepal stands the lowest and the highest rank respectively. There are nine other districts, mostly from province # 2, in which only one–fourth or less of the women are aware of legal condition of abortion. Most of the top ten districts belong to province # 3 and 7 in which the corresponding proportion ranges between 49–60%.