Contraception and Abortion in a Low-Fertility Setting

The Role of Seasonal Migration

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ID19544971
AuthorsArusyak Sevoyan (The University of Adelaide), Victor Agadjanian (0000-0002-9639-1485, Australian Research Council)
Year2013
Volume39
Issue03
Pages124-132
Publication date2013-09-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1944-0391 • E-ISSN: 1944-0405
PublisherGuttmacher Institute (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1363/3912413
PMID24135044
OpenAlexW2079664437
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited12

Research on the association between migration and fertility regulation remains scarce. 2] According to a study among women in Malaysia, migrants were less likely than nonmigrants to use contraceptives; 4 the researchers speculate that their finding may reflect migrant women's greater likelihood of being separated from their spouse before and after migration. Among Guatemalan women, those separated from their husband because of migration or other reasons were less likely than those not separated to use any contraceptive method. 2 Evidence from South Africa also supports the negative association between men's temporary migration and women's contraceptive use, not only because of lower coital frequency and, therefore, lower risk of pregnancy, but also because men's absence may increase the demand for children among women in unstable relationships, to ensure their future support. In another South African study, lower use of contraceptives among partners of migrants was attributed to women's being less likely to communicate with their partner about contraception the less frequently they saw him. ] The determinants of induced abortion vary across countries according to prevailing individual and institutional attitudes toward the practice. For example, in China, abortion rates were strongly affected by official family planning policies and regulations, but not by household socioeconomic status. o our knowledge, no study has examined the relationship between seasonal migration and abortion. This relationship is of particular interest in settings where both migration and abortion are widespread. The former Soviet Union has seen massive permanent and seasonal migration, primarily flowing from the former Soviet republics in the Caucasus and Central Asia toward the Russian Federation. In addition, abortion has been a primary method of fertility control in the region for decades. The Soviet CONTEXT: Seasonal labor migration is common among men in many former Soviet republics. Little research has examined contraceptive use and induced abortion among women in such low-fertility, high-migration settings, according to husband's migration status

Abortion · Biology · Family planning · Fertility · Logistic regression · Marital status · Pill · Political science · Population · Pregnancy · Research methodology · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Wife · Demography · Global Maternal and Child Health · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Reproductive Health and Contraception

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