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In recent years, the abortion rate in Vietnam has been likely rising. In rural area, this rate is a bit
higher than in urban one. Young age groups’ abortion rate is relatively high and ofter higher
than older age groups. The main reason is due to their limited awareness of contraceptive
methods. Low education level also affects the abortion. The abortion of people at low
education level is relatively high, but people with elementary school graduation has the lowest
rate of abortion. The Northwest had the highest abortion rate, the lowest rate belonged to the
South Central Coast. The abortion rate depends on each couple’s number of alive children. The
highest abortion rate is of couples with 1 or 2 alive children. The majority of couples only have
one time of abortion for 12 months before research timepoint
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