Couple Attitudes and Agreement Regarding Pregnancy Wantedness in the Philippines

Bibliographic Data

ID2282419
AuthorsLindy Williams (0000-0002-6172-3996, Cornell University, corresponding author), Teresa Sobieszczyk, Teresa R Sobieszczyk (University of Montana)
Year2003
Volume65
Issue4
Pages1019-1029
Publication date2003-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Marriage and the Family (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-2445 • E-ISSN: 1741-3737
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1741-3737.2003.01019.x
OpenAlexW2088316085
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited37

We compare husbands' and wives' views of the wantedness of their most recent pregnancy in the Philippines, a country where relatively high levels of unintended fertility persist. This research is an extension of earlier work that looked separately at individual men's and women's responses. We analyze survey data for 369 couples and find that those most at risk of experiencing a pregnancy that neither spouse wanted tended to be higher parity couples, those who were more fatalistic, those who were practicing Catholics who attended religious services frequently, and those among whom the husband was the sole breadwinner. Higher parity women and older women were also more apt to experience a pregnancy that was wanted by only 1 spouse. Women who had difficulty discussing sexual matters with their husbands were more likely than other women to have a pregnancy that their husbands wanted but they did not

Childlessness · Family planning · Fatalism · Fertility · National Survey of Family Growth · Parity (physics · Population · Pregnancy · Research methodology · Sociology · Spouse · Unintended pregnancy · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Global Maternal and Child Health · Psychology · Social Psychology