Fecundability and the Frequency of Marital Intercourse

A Critique of Nine Models

Bibliographic Data

ID4269047
AuthorsRobert G Potter, Sara Millman (Brown University), R Millman, S R Millman
Year1985
Volume39
Issue3
Pages461-470
Publication date1985-11-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePopulation Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0032-4728 • E-ISSN: 1477-4747
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/0032472031000141626
OpenAlexW2077209372
LanguageEN
Citations received6

The biological and demographic literature on the effects or frequency of intercourse on fecundability is reviewed in this paper. While empirical work and model-building results agree well on the effect of change from low to moderate coital frequencies, inconsistencies emerge when increase from moderate to high coital frequencies is considered. Of the models considered, it may be argued that the explicit provision for unfavourable cycles makes Schwartz's model an improvement over Barrett and Marshall's, Lachenbruch's and Trussell's. Moreover, even though he used a very different approach, Bongaarts obtained results that are much closer to those of Schwartz et al. than the others. Bongaarts's model is used as a starting point for new modelling, to be reported in the next issue, which deals with these inconsistencies by taking into account the ageing of gametes

Population · Sexual intercourse · Sociology · Demography · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Psychology

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