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Educated women in India had higher odds of a high score on the index, while the same was true for educated and wealthy women in Colombia. These findings indicate that not enough health care providers spend time informing women in South Asia and Latin America about different aspects of sterilization, and that there are specific groups of women that are more affected. 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