Contraceptive practices and fertility among Southeast Asian, black, and white mothers attending a maternal infant care program
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5958580 |
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| Authors | Ingrid Swenson (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, corresponding author), Deanne Erickson (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Edward Enlinger, Sheldon Swaney, Gertrude Carlson |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 47-56 |
| Publication date | 1987-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Biodemography and Social Biology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1948-5565 • E-ISSN: 1948-5573 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/19485565.1987.9988659 |
| PMID | 3686070 |
| OpenAlex | W2025747657 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
The purpose of this analysis was to determine if there were differences in selected fertility characteristics including parity, pregnancy spacing, age at first pregnancy, age of menarche, breastfeeding postpartum, and contraceptive practices among white, black, Hmong, and other Southeast Asian mothers attending a maternal infant care program in Minneapolis, Minnesota, during 1980–82. White and black mothers were younger than the Hmong and other Asian mothers. The lowest mean age of first pregnancy was among blacks. Ages of first pregnancy were similar for whites, Hmong, and other Asians, although the mean age of menarche was approximately two years later for Hmong and other Southeast Asian mothers compared to the white and black mothers. Based on self reports at the first postpartum visit one month after delivery, 39 per cent of the whites and 25 per cent of the blacks were breastfeeding. In comparison 8.7 per cent of the Hmong and 17 per cent of the other southeast Asian mothers were breastfeeding. Maternal age and age at first pregnancy were significant predictors of parity for whites, blacks, Hmong, and the other Southeast Asians. Ever‐use of contraception was a significant predictor of parity only for Hmong. The highest proportion of ever‐users of contraception was among the white mothers (80 per cent) followed by the blacks (69.3 per cent) and other Asian mothers (34.8 per cent). Hmong mothers had the lowest proportion having used contraception (17.1 per cent)
Breastfeeding · Environmental health · Fertility · Menarche · Obstetrics · Population · Pregnancy · Breastfeeding Practices and Influences · Demography · Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions · Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum · Medicine · Pediatrics
| Highly cited | No |
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