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

Bibliographic Data

ID10795309
AuthorsWilliam R Grady (corresponding author), Marilyn B Hirsch, Nelma Keen, Barbara Vaughan (0009-0001-5703-9278)
Year1983
Volume14
Issue1
Pages9
Publication date1983-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueStudies in Family Planning (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0039-3665 • E-ISSN: 1728-4465
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/1966264
PMID6836663
OpenAlexW2061724407
LanguageEN
Citations received9

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

Condom · Continuation · Developed country · Environmental health · Family medicine · Family planning · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · National Survey of Family Growth · Pill · Population · Research methodology · Demography · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Global Maternal and Child Health · Medicine · Reproductive Health and Contraception