Contraceptive Failure and Continuation among Married Women in the United States, 1970-75

1 January 1983

journal article
Published by JSTOR in Studies in Family Planning

Vol. 14 (1) , 9-19
https://doi.org/10.2307/1966264

Abstract

Using data from the National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG), this study reports differentials in contraceptive use-failure and continuation among married women aged 15-44 years in the United States. Failure rates differed by contraceptive intention. Within categories of intention, these rates differed by method, age, race, and parity. Users of modern methods had higher continuation rates than users of traditional methods. These results indicate that a woman's motivation is an important factor in long-term successful use of available contraceptive methods and that more effective and easier to use methods need to be developed.

Keywords

AGE FACTORS
CONTRACEPTION
CONTRACEPTION CONTINUATION--WOMEN
CONTRACEPTION FAILURE--WOMEN
CONTRACEPTIVE USAGE
ETHNIC GROUPS
FAMILY PLANNING
MARRIAGE
MOTIVATION
NUPTIALITY
PARITY
RESEARCH REPORT
UNITED STATES

This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: