2008 Abortion Patient Survey

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Project Citation:

Jones, Rachel . 2008 Abortion Patient Survey. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2022-04-04. https://doi.org/10.3886/E152081V1

Project Description

Summary:

The 2008 Abortion Patient Survey is the Guttmacher Institute’s fourth in a series and uses a design and questionnaire similar to the four earlier studies, which were conducted in 1987, 1994–1995, 2000–2001. The data are from women obtaining abortions at a nationally representative sample of health facilities in 2008. A total of 9,493 abortion patients at 95 facilities provided information about demographic characteristics, contraceptive use in the month they became pregnant, health insurance coverage, how they were paying for abortion services, foreign-born status, happiness about the current pregnancy, knowledge about the pregnancy, abortion-related stigma, and other topics.

Scope of Project

Subject Terms: abortion; abortion clinics; birth control; family planning; health services utilization; medicaid; pregnancy

Geographic Coverage: United States

Time Period(s): 2008 – 2009

Collection Date(s): 4/1/2008 – 5/31/2009

Universe: Women who obtained an abortion in the United States

Data Type(s): survey data

Methodology

Response Rate: During fielding periods, participating facilities reported providing a total of 12,866 abortions. Usable questionnaires were obtained from 9,493 patients, for a response rate of 74%.

Sampling: Participating facilities were sampled from the universe of all known abortion-providing facilities as of 2005, according to information obtained from the Guttmacher Institute’s 2006 Abortion Provider Census. The universe was stratified by provider type (hospital or non-hospital) and 2005 caseload rounded to the nearest 10 (30–390 abortions, 400–1,990, 2,000–4,990, and 5,000 or more), and then organized by census region and state within each stratum. Next, we systematically sampled facilities from each stratum by selecting them at specified intervals within the list; the interval varied by stratum. Facilities with the largest caseloads were oversampled to ensure a diverse representation of facility types within the sample. Selected facilities were then recruited and assigned to a survey period that was inversely proportional to the probability of being selected, ranging from two weeks for the largest facilities to 12 weeks for the smallest. During this period, facility contacts were asked to administer the questionnaire to all patients obtaining an abortion on the day of their procedure.

Collection Mode(s): on-site questionnaire

Weights: We employed a three-stage weighting process to correct for any bias produced by deviation from the original sampling plan and patient nonresponse. First, individual weights were developed to adjust for the demographic characteristics of the 1,162 nonrespondents for whom facility staff provided information. Second, facility-level weights adjusted for the other 2,210 nonrespondents for whom no demographic data were available. Third, stratum weights were constructed to correct for departures from the number of facilities to be sampled in each grouping by caseload and provider type. The main weight variable is weight3. To obtain accurate standard errors, most analyses should also account for the fact that the sample was stratified by using the stratum variable, strata.

Unit(s) of Observation: Individuals

Geographic Unit: State

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