Variable: Comparative Abortion Index 2 (0 to 1)

QoG Code: (cai_cai2)


Dataset: The Comparative Abortion Index Project

Description:

Using the 7 grounds for legal abortion, the weight of each grounds (Wi) will be determined based on the percentage (Pi) of countries that allow it. In the weighted index, countries are given a score on a scale of 0-1, where 0 represents countries in which there are no conditions for legal abortion, and 1 represents a country that accepts all criteria for abortion, including on request. The need for a weighted scale is as follows: It would be imprecise, for instance, to suggest that the criterion of saving a woman's life is equivalent to (and thus carries the same weight as) allowing abortion on demand. The more permissive the criterion, the less likely that it is universally accepted. Thus, the scale accounts for the different degrees of acceptance that each criterion represents.

Type of variable: Continuous

Downloaded by QoG on: 2023-09-22
Last updated by source: 2019-11-05


Categories:

Health Judicial Gender Equality


Find this variable in:

Basic Time-series - 2024 OECD Time-series - 2024 Standard Time-series - 2024 Original Dataset

Details of this variable in our compilations datasets
Dataset No. Countries
Basic time-series: 194
Standard time-series: 194
OECD time-series: 38

Dataset Available for years:
Standard time-series: 1992-2015
Basic time-series: 1992-2015
OECD time-series: 1992-2015

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