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YEAR: 1995

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Despite Jamaica's high contraceptive prevalence rate, more than two-thirds

of pregnancies are unintended.

AUTHORS

Donovan P

SOURCE

International Family Planning Perspectives. 1995 Mar;21(1):40-2.

ABSTRACT

The 1993 Jamaica Contraceptive Prevalence Survey, fifth in a series of contraceptive prevalence surveys conducted

in Jamaica since 1974, determined that 96% of sampled males and 80% of females aged 18-19 have experienced

sexual intercourse. Although awareness of contraceptive methods is extremely high in Jamaica, only 21% of men

and 43% of women aged 15-24 used contraceptives the first time that they had sexual intercourse. The proportion of

women aware of various contraceptive methods remained almost unchanged between 1989 and 1993. The level of

current contraceptive use among women in union aged 15-44, however, increased from 55% in 1989 to 62% in 1993,

presumably due mainly to an 8% increase in condom usage brought about by recent HIV prevention campaigns. 69%

of men in union aged 15-54 currently used some form of contraception. Despite these relatively high levels of

current contraception use, almost 70% of pregnancies in Jamaica are unintended. The rate of total fertility (TFR) has

remained stable for several years at 3.0 births per woman. The author explains that the observed stability in TFR

and the high incidence of unintended pregnancy may be due to the underestimation of TFR in 1989, episodic and

sporadic condom use, changes in other proximate determinants of fertility such as a decrease in the duration of

postpartum abstinence, and/or high levels of contraceptive discontinuation. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T

2528-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Despite Jamaica's high contraceptive prevalence rate,

more than two-thirds of pregnancies are unintended.", is(are) Donovan P. The source of this article is "International

Family Planning Perspectives. 1995 Mar;21(1):40-2.". This article was published in 1995 in English language(s).

(PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT2T 2528-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 7528

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