| Value |
Category |
| Afraid of the parents reaction |
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| Both of her children has sicle cell condition and was worried this pregnancy would result to a sick child. |
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| Boyfriend travelled outside the country and thus communicating become a problem. |
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| Could bring shame to the parents |
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| Did not want my parents to know I was pregnant |
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| Did not want my parents to know I was pregnant and I was afraid of them |
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| Didn't want my mum to find out about my pregnancy |
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| Didn't know who the father was |
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| Didn't want her mom to know she's pregnant |
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| Didn't want her parents to know that she got pregnant. |
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| Didn't want to have the child as a result of rape. |
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| Family issues, the partner felt he wasn't ready to take a pregnant woman home that the father would abuse him, and same to the respondent she feared her grandparents who were like her parents. Religious reasons, the partner was a Christian a |
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| Family situation |
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| Fear of parent's reaction |
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| Fear of rejection from parents |
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| Fear of the boyfriend to be jailed for impregnating me |
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| Fear that the nan would leave, if I told him i was pregnant, yet he was supporting me financially . |
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| Feared her family's reaction if they found out since she was living with the step father. |
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| Feared she would be beaten at home |
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| Feared that my boyfriend wouldn't take it positively |
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| Felt embarrassed that she would be made a laughing stock both in school and at home. |
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| Felt the partner wasn't responsible and was really disturbing her by cheating/unfaithful. |
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| Forced by parents to end the pregnancy |
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| Found out the husband was unfaithful and had another women, so out of anger decided to abort. |
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| Got boyfriend cheating hence the decision |
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| Had my parents known that I was pregnant I would have known no peace |
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| Had separated from the husband |
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| Having had a stillbirth before,the respondent was scared to go through another pregnancy and maybe end up loosing the baby. She was also still in pain because of the loss of the baby. |
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| He had already proposed to another lady and ready to marry her |
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| He had gotten back with his wife and he didn't want his wife to find out of the pregnancy |
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| He had paid dowry for another lady and was ready to marry |
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| He was cheating on me |
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| Her grandmother had warned her never to take another kid home since she takes care of her other child. |
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| Her parents were working hard for her to atleast study and be able to help them since her other siblings are addicted to drugs and dropped out of school. |
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| Hubby died when she was a month pregnant. |
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| Hubby was away for a long time, with no proper communication. |
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| Husband became irresponsible. Not taking care of the family financially |
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| Husband didn't want more children |
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| Husband had abandoned her by that time |
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| I did not want to disappoint my mother from the way she is struggling to educate us |
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| I didn't know the owner of the pregnancy since I have sex with different men |
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| I didn't trust my boyfriend he was cheating on me |
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| I didn't want yo give birth before I get married |
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| I didn't know who was responsible |
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| I didn't want my parents to know I was pregnant since my dad would have punished me |
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| I didn't want my aunt to know of my pregnancy |
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| I didn't want my parents to know about it and the society too |
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| I didn't want to have 2 baby daddy's who don't support their children |
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| I feared my mother |
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| I fell out with my boyfriend |
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| I found out my boyfriend was cheating on me and when I confronted him, he became very rude.I got angered and decided to end relationship and terminating the pregnancy |
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| I had just separated with my husband |
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| I wanted to go back to school since my brother was to pay for my college if I kept the pregnancy I wouldn't be assisted |
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| I was afraid of my family since the man who impregnated me was a friend to the family. |
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| I was afraid to keep it because my parents are so strict.They could have abandoned me and the pregnancy |
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| I was experiencing postpartum depression |
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| I was having conflicts with my boyfriend at that time as well |
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| I was having conflicts with my husband in the house |
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| I was not ready |
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| I was not ready to carry the pregnancy since I can't miss going to her work. |
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| I was of my dad he was about to take me to college |
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| I was scared of my mum |
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| I was still living with my parents and I had already given birth to my first child, I feared what my parents would do or say |
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| I wasn't financially stable My mother would have rejected me |
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| I wasn't ready for another child so I didn't want a baby |
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| If her mother would have found out she was pregnant, she would have beaten her and chased her out of the house. |
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| Irresponsible partner |
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| It was my mother's decision and she said culturally if I give birth to the baby, it will have an anomaly since it was for my step dad and a child of rape. |
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| It would have ruined my reputation at school and the neighbourhood because I was very popular and respected |
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| Me and my husband were struggling financially |
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| My boyfriend is not a Kenyan but a Nigerian and I fear having a baby with him. |
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| My boyfriend died and couldn't keep the pregnancy anymore |
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| My boyfriend was a married man and his wife was also pregnant so we had to terminate it because he couldn't manage to take both responsibilities. |
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| My father is very strict |
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| My father was very strict and I feared him |
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| My father would have kicked me out of the house |
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| My father would have killed me |
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| My husband denied the pregnancy |
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| My husband got jailed had no option coz I wanted to leave the the relationship. |
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| My husband had stopped taking care of his responsibilities in the house |
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| My husband is jobless yet he cheats on me with other women |
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| My husband married a second wife and we were not in good terms at that time. |
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| My husband was not ready to be a father by that time |
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| My husband was not taking care of my other kids so I didn't see a need of giving birth to another baby |
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| My husband was unfaithful so I decided not to keep the pregnancy |
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| My last born child has delayed milestone and needs extra care and attention |
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| My mother is really strict and I couldn't afford for her to find out I am pregnant |
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| My mother is too strict and she was hustling to pay my school fees |
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| My parents are very strict, I feared them |
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| My partner had a family |
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| My partner had no money to raise a child |
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| My partner is not financially supportive |
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| My partner was also unfaithful |
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| My partner was very old |
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| My sister was very strict with me |
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| Nilikua naogopa mzazi |
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| Niliogopa wazazi wakijua nina mimba watanifukuza nyumbani |
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| Not in a stable relationship |
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| Not yet ready to have a child |
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| Our family is not financially stable and my mother is very strict |
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| Partner had other plans and relocated abroad;He stopd supporting us. |
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| Partner blocked my phone calls and could not reach him |
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| Partner said he is not ready to have a child |
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| Partner was irresponsible and not providing |
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| Peer pressure. Her friends didn't want her to have a child at her young age. Seems they also had at a time had an abortion. |
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| Religion does not allow giving birth outside marriage |
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| Religion does not allow to give birth when you are not married |
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| Religion don't allow to give birth at home |
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| Religion won't accept giving birth outside marriage |
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| Respondent didn't want to disappoint her parents |
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| Respondent didn't want to give birth to the partners child ( hakutaka kumzalia) |
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| Separated with the partner and due financial constraints felt she couldn't take care of the three children alone, so often to abort. |
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| She did not have a regular patner at that time and so she did not know who was responsible for the pregnancy. |
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| She didn't want her parents to find out that she was pregnant |
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| She didn't want to dissapoint her mother who was a single parent with the news of her being pregnant. |
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| She didnt and still dont want a child |
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| She feared her mum would even beat her to death |
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| She felt pressure from parents |
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| She found out that the partner was cheating |
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| She sites that she mostly delivers through C-section thus she would need someone(the partner) close by to take care of her during the period, which was not going to be possible since the partner didn't want anything to do with the pregnancy |
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| She turned Hiv positive during that period |
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| She was afraid of the parents |
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| She was too sickly during that period. She didn't want to endure the pain once more |
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| Siblings like two sisters are presently pregnant and it will be embarrassing since non of the sisters comp.eted school |
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| Stigma related to LBQ community |
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| The boyfriend had gotten killed so she didn't want to raise the child alone |
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| The boyfriend said he was too young to be a father. He also cited he wasn't financially stable to be a father |
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| The husband just died and she was alone already with three kids. |
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| The husband stopped providing financial support |
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| The husband was irresponsible and taking drugs |
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| The partner felt he wasn't ready to have another child out of wedlock because of his religion (Muslim), so both decided to abort. |
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| The partner felt he would be arrested if it was known that he got a student pregnant. |
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| The partner felt that he wasn't ready to be a father. The respondent was also staying with her aunt so knew it would bring trouble if aunt knew thar she was pregnant. |
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| The partner said he wasn't prepared yet for a baby. |
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| The partner started been emotionally abusive during the third month. |
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| The partner was married with another family and didn't want another child who he felt would be a burden |
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| The partner was not serious with life in as much as he was ready to raise the babies(twins) |
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| The partner was scared to be arrested for impregnating a school going minor |
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| The partner was unfaithful and always cheating. |
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| The person enticed her with money to have sex with him.It was one off |
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| The person was random guy. The respondent is a sex worker. |
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| The respondent said her parents were also struggling financially she did not want to burden them |
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| The respondent was going through emotional abuse from the partner. |
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| The respondent also decided to abort the pregnancy because the problems at home increased and were too much, this was because her family was punishing her for getting pregnant by denying her food and was also chased from home. |
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| The respondent and the partner both felt not ready to have a child |
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| The respondent and the partner were financially strained at the time of the abortion. |
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| The respondent and the partner were separated and the husband already had remarried. |
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| The respondent didn't want her family to know |
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| The respondent expressed a desire to terminate the pregnancy as she aimed to begin fresh relationship with her current husband |
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| The respondent found out that the husband was unfaithful and with another family |
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| The respondent has alot of responsibilities being the first born in her family |
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| The respondent is a mom to boys, she wanted a girl for a change. |
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| The respondent knew that no one in her family would allow her keep the pregnancy. |
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| The respondent said her husband was unfaithful and she felt he wouldn't be responsible. The husband was not aware of her pregnancy. |
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| The respondent said her mother and brother would beat and chase her out of the house |
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| The respondent said her parents are very strict so she would have be chased from home. |
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| The respondent said life was hard with a lot of financial difficulty. |
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| The respondent was afraid of her dad finding out about the pregnancy |
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| The respondent was scared of her parents reactions |
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| The respondent's husband had been convicted and sentenced to 5 years in prison. |
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| The respondent's mom is pregnant. Her sister just had a baby. |
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| The respondent's parents are very strict |
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| The risk of disappointing the partner that she might be having a girl |
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| The situation at home was really bad Financially and couldn't bring up a child in that condition. |
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| They both felt that they were not ready to be parents |
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| They were having a lot of issues in their relationship, so didn't feel like it was the right time to have a baby. |
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| Thr boyfriend wasn't ready to take responsibility |
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| Tough and very strict parents |
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| Tribe could not allow to give birth while you are married |
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| Very strict father |
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| Very strict mother and partner also feared being arrested because the respondent was a minor by then |
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| Very strict mother, feared being beaten and thrown out of the house. |
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| Very strict parents |
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| Wanted to to leave the relationship |
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| Wanted to go for a job somewhere since I had applied for one |
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| Wanted to leave the relationship |
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| Wanted to leave the relationship because my husband was cheating on me. |
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| Wanted to leave the relationship because we were not in good terms with my husband |
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| Wanted to reunit with husband |
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| Wanted to travel abroad |
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| Was not just prepared yo have a second baby due to financial constraints |
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| Was afraid of parents knowing since I was still a student |
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| Was an unplanned pregnancy |
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| Was doing bad financially |
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| Was experiencing so much pain in my abdomen |
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| Was not ready for another baby by that time |
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| Was not ready for the pregnancy at that time |
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| Was not ready to have a baby as I was taking care of my sister's baby who died in an accident. |
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| Was told by the doctor to wait until 3yrs is when I was safe for another pregnancy so I felt I was at risk if I decided to keep the pregnancy |
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| Wasn't ready to have a baby yet |
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| We had constant conflicts with my boyfriend |
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| We had just finished high school and we didn't want to be a disappointment to our parents |
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| We had marriage conflicts with my husband |
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Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
