Abstract:
Abstract: Background: Each year, throughout the world, approximately 210 million women become pregnant and among
these, 75 million pregnancies end in stillbirth, or spontaneous or induced abortion. This study was aimed to assess the
prevalence of abortion, its associated factors and preferences of health care usage among women of reproductive age working
in flower farms of Batu town, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia. Methods: Institutional based cross sectional study was
conducted from May 10 to 25, 2012 on 345 women of reproductive age who had history of pregnancy in the last six years
while working in flower farms of Batu town. The study subjects were selected by simple random sampling. The data were
collected by interviewer administered questionnaire for quantitative method. Quantitative data were coded and entered into and
analyzed using SPSS for windows version 16.0. Binary logistic regression was done to test association between selected
independent variables and outcome variable. Results: Abortion was reported by 87(25.6%) of those women. Out of these,
34(39.1%) were induced and 53(60.9%) spontaneous abortion. Women whose last pregnancy were unwanted were about 7.9
times more likely to have an abortion than those women whose last pregnancy were wanted (AOR [95% CI] =7.9[2.3, 26.8]).
Women who had two and above births in the last six years were more likely to have an abortion compared to women who had
one birth (AOR [95% CI] =4.9[2.3, 10.7]). Conclusions: Having more births in the last six years and having the last pregnancy
unwanted were predictors of abortion in this study. Reaching more target group in encouraging women to utilize family
planning especially condom and seek appropriate health care when it is needed is recommended.
