Measuring Factors Underlying Intendedness Of Women's First and Later Pregnancies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12775498 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ilene S Speizer (0000-0001-6204-1316, corresponding author), John Santelli (0000-0003-2768-1910), Aimee Afable‐munsuz, C Kendall (0000-0002-0794-4333) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 198-205 |
| Publication date | 2004-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1538-6341 • E-ISSN: 1931-2393 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1931-2393.2004.tb00023.x |
| OpenAlex | W4234594702 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 12 |
CONTEXT: Unintended pregnancy is associated with poor health outcomes for mothers and infants, and is indicative of gaps in family planning services. Conventional measures of pregnancy intendedness do not reflect the multiple factors affecting a woman's pregnancy-related intentions and attitudes METHODS: Data collected between March 2002 and February 2003 from 701 women in a public family planning clinic and 671 women in a public prenatal clinic in New Orleans were analyzed to examine factors underlying intendedness (including attitudes toward pregnancy and motivations to achieve or avoid pregnancy) RESULTS: In factor analyses, variables measuring pregnancy intendedness were represented by a single latent factor, pregnancy desirability. For first pregnancy, variables that best captured desirability were those measuring happiness, effort in achieving the pregnancy, extent of looking forward to telling friends, whether the pregnancy was intended (i.e., came at the right time or later), and whether the woman wanted to have a baby with her partner. For last or current pregnancies that were second or higher order ones, they were happiness, pregnancy wantedness, effort in achieving the pregnancy, whether the pregnancy was planned and whether the woman wanted to have a baby with her partner. Among women younger than 18 at first pregnancy, happiness and whether a woman wanted a baby with her partner were the only items that captured pregnancy desirability CONCLUSIONS Future surveys on pregnancy intendedness could reduce the number of questions used to capture pregnancy desirability. This should help standardize surveillance systems and permit better assessment of trends in pregnancy desirability over time
Context (archaeology · Environmental health · Family planning · Fertility · Happiness · Obstetrics · Population · Pregnancy · Research methodology · Unintended pregnancy · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Medicine · Psychology · Reproductive Health and Contraception · Social Psychology
Intended Pregnancies and Unintended Pregnancies
A Reminder that Human Behavior Frequently Refuses to Conform to Models Created by Researchers
Unintended Pregnancy in the United States
Are All Contraceptive Failures Unintended Pregnancies? Evidence from the 1995 National Survey of Family Growth
Changes in Intendedness During Pregnancy in a High-Risk Multiparous Population
Defining Dimensions of Pregnancy Intendedness
The Measurement and Meaning of Unintended Pregnancy
Do Adolescents Want Babies? The Relationship Between Attitudes and Behavior
The effect of pregnancy intention on child development
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |