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YEAR: 1993

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Adolescent males' orientation toward paternity and contraception.

AUTHORS

Marsiglio W

SOURCE

Family Planning Perspectives. 1993 Jan-Feb;25(1):22-31.

ABSTRACT

Data from a nationally representative sample of 1880 young men aged 15-19 reveal that neighborhood quality,

parental education, race or ethnicity, and attitudes about male gender roles are related to young men's attitudes

toward an unplanned pregnancy and to their contraceptive experiences. Young men who live in poor neighborhoods

are more likely to be pleased about an unplanned pregnancy than those who have better living conditions (12% vs.

2%) and are also more likely to view impregnating a woman as enhancing their masculinity (8% vs. 3%). Among men

with average living conditions, 12% of black adolescents view fathering a child as enhancing their masculinity,

compared with 6% of white adolescents; among those with very good living conditions, these proportions were 10%

and 2%, respectively. Young men whose parents had less education and those who held traditional male gender

role attitudes were also more likely than their counterparts to view fathering a child as enhancing their masculinity.

Regarding contraceptive behavior, sexually active black men and Hispanic men were more likely than white men to

have discussed contraception with their last partner; black men were more likely to have used an effective

contraceptive method the last time they had intercourse; and black men were more likely to have used a condom at

last intercourse. However, young men who were aware that they had been responsible for a previous pregnancy were

less likely than those who reported no pregnancies to have used an effective contraceptive the last time they had

intercourse. These same young men were also more likely to report that fathering a child would please them and

enhance their masculinity. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 4528-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Adolescent males' orientation toward paternity and

contraception.", is(are) Marsiglio W. The source of this article is "Family Planning Perspectives. 1993 Jan-

Feb;25(1):22-31.". This article was published in 1993 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID:

CONT2T 4528-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 9528

This article is peer-reviewed.

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