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YEAR: 1994

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Women's attitude toward contraceptive agents. [Kvinnors installning till

preventivmedel.]

AUTHORS

Swedin G; Naslund G; Odlind V; Boethius G; Persson I

SOURCE

LAKARTIDNINGEN. 1994 Mar 16;91(11):1085-8.

ABSTRACT

In 1987 the International Health Foundation (IHF) published a study concerning the use of contraception and

knowledge and attitudes about them among women aged 15-44. This study was undertaken in most European

countries, including Sweden, during the mid-1980s. Contraceptive use was high, but the views both about oral

contraceptives (OCs) and the IUD were negative among Swedish women. The results of this study were compared

with those of an earlier study carried out in 1977 among 511 women aged 20-34 living in the Ostersund metropolitan

area who had been prescribed drugs between 1970 and 1975. A total of 424 (83%) women responded to the

questionnaires. 25% of the respondents were married, while 64% were cohabiting; 20% had had an abortion; 50%

had given birth; 30% had two children; and 9% had three or more children. When choosing a contraceptive method,

safety was important for 36%, ease of use for 28%, and low rate of side effects for 13% of them. About 50%

consulted a health professional or a friend about contraceptives. 89% of them disclosed that they had used OCs at

least once before, but only 25% had used IUDs. 10% said they had never used a condom, 7% always used it, 19%

often used it, and 35% used it on occasion. In comparison, the 1987 IHF study showed that the use of OCs

decreased by 10% among women aged 25-29, while the use of the condom increased by 25% among younger

women. Only 2 of 424 women used the diaphragm. Only 3 women (0.7%) had undergone sterilization in the 1977

study compared with the sterilization rate of 3% in the IHF study. In the 1977 study, 27% of young women fully relied

on the condom compared with 15% of the older age groups, and 19% of those in between. Only 15% thought that

OCs pose a risk of sterility vs. 38% in the IHF study. Only 28% believed that OCs pose an increased risk of breast

cancer vs. 49% in 1987. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 4503-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Women's attitude toward contraceptive agents. [Kvinnors

installning till preventivmedel.]", is(are) Swedin G; Naslund G; Odlind V; Boethius G; Persson I. The source of

this article is "LAKARTIDNINGEN. 1994 Mar 16;91(11):1085-8.". This article was published in 1994 in Swedish

language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT2T 4503-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 9503

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