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title: 'Title of dataset: Attitudes of medical students towards the ethical and legal aspects of abortion: a cross-sectional study from Saudi Arabia'

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# Title of dataset: Attitudes of medical students towards the ethical and legal aspects of abortion: a cross-sectional study from Saudi Arabia

This is the data of a self-administered questionnaire that was used for the study entitled
"Attitudes of medical students towards the ethical and legal aspects of abortion: a cross-sectional study". The questionnaire contained 20 items categorized into four sections.
The first section included student demographic data (age, gender, year of study, and marital status). In the second section, the participants were asked to evaluate 8 statements related to the general support of abortion. Moreover, 7 statements in the third section were related to abortion decisions support in specific conditions based on their opinion whether they strongly agreed/agreed/disagreed/ strongly disagreed/ were neutral.
Finally, in the fourth section, students' attitude toward abortion was assessed through 5 different situations to evaluate their intentions to act based on their attitudes.

## Description of the Data and file structure:

The data are showing the responses of medical students to the questionnaire and it is related to the result context in file. It will help the people who see the study to see the attitudes of medical students towards abortion and can compare the results to other studies as well.

### Sharing/access Information: 
The data are not derived from another resources  