中文摘要：

目的：了解安徽省农村已婚育龄妇女的流产状况和主要原因，为采取相应的干预策略提供依据。方法：采用多级抽样的方法抽取1398名农村已婚育龄妇女，用结构化的问卷进行入户调查。结果：共收集有效问卷1221份，应答率为87．3％。调查对象的自然流产率为7．3％，主要原因为孕期劳动强度过大；26．2％的调查对象有过人工流产史，主要原因为政策不允许和暂时不想要。结论：为降低农村育龄妇女的流产率，应加强她们的计划生育政策、避孕知识以及自我保健知识的教育。

英文摘要：

Objective： To learn the status and main causes of abortion in rural areas of Anhui province so as to take specified strategies for intervention. Methods： 1 398 rural reproductive women were surveyed at their households using structured questionnaire. Results： A total of 1 221 women were interviewed accounting for a response rate of 87. 3%. The rate of spontaneous abortion was 7. 3% and the main cause was intensive work in pregnancy time. 26. 2% women of bearing age had induced abortion and the main causes were family planning policy and no plan to have a child. Conclusion： It is important to stress on the family planning policy, contraception and self- care knowledge education in order to reduce the abortion rate of rural women of bearing age.