+ Author Affiliations - Author Affiliations

A Social Welfare Management Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

B Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.

C Epidemiology and Biostatistic Group, Faculty of Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.

D Department of Health, Iranshahr University of Medical Sciences, Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran.

© 2023 The Author(s) (or their employer(s)). Published by CSIRO Publishing

Keywords: cross sectional, FSWs, Iran, lifetime abortion, predictor, pregnancy, prevalence, risk factor.

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