%0 Journal Article %T Prevalencia del intento de interrumpir el embarazo y factores asociados en una comunidad urbano marginal de Lima-Per¨², 2006 %A Tarqui-Mamani %A Carolina %A Barreda %A Alejandro %A Barreda %A Milagros %A Sanabria-Roja %A Hern¨¢n %J Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud P¨²blica %D 2010 %I Instituto Nacional de Salud %R 10.1590/S1726-46342010000100007 %X objectives. to estimate the prevalence for the attempts to stop pregnancy among women with history of previous pregnancies, and to determine the factors associated. material and methods. a cross-sectional study was performed during 2006. samples included 1057 women with background of pregnancy, living in pamplona alta, selected by a systematic random sampling. we applied descriptive and inferential statistics, including a logistic regression model. results. the prevalence for the attempt to stop pregnancy was 13.9% (99% ci: 11.1-16.7). the factors associated identified by multivariate analysis were: unwanted pregnancy (or=5.7; ci: 1.9-16.7), lack of pre-natal care (or=4.7; ci: 1.8-12.2), prostitution (or=11.4; ci: 1.5-87.9), age below 20 years (or=2.9; ci: 1.1-7.9), and having more than two partners (or=3.3; ci: 1.1-10.2). conclusions. the estimated prevalence for the attempt to stop pregnancy among women with history of previous pregnancies in a marginal suburban area from lima was low when compared to the national estimated prevalence of abortion. the associated factors identified for the attempts to stop pregnancy are: unwanted pregnancy, prostitution, age below 20 years, having more than two partners and lack of pre-natal care. %K abortion %K abortion applicants %K pregnancy %K unwanted %K pregnancy %K unplanned %K epidemiology. %U http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1726-46342010000100007&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en