Contraceptive Sterilization: Introducing A Couple Perspective to Examine Sociodemographic Differences in Use.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Most studies of contraceptive use have relied solely on the woman's perspective, but because men's attitudes and preferences are also important, analytic approaches based on couples should also be explored.

Methods

Data from the 2006-2010 and 2011-2013 rounds of the National Survey of Family Growth yielded a sample of 4,591 men and women who were married or cohabiting with an opposite-sex partner and who had completed their intended childbearing. Respondents' reports of both their own and their partners' characteristics and behaviors were employed in two sets of analyses examining educational and racial and ethnic differences in contraceptive use: an individualistic approach (using multinomial logistic regression) and a couple approach (using multinomial logistic dia

SUBMITTER: Eeckhaut MCW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5600507 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature