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YEAR: 1997

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Determinants for contraceptive use in young, single, Danish women from the

general population.

AUTHORS

Svare EI; Kjaer SK; Poll P; Bock JE

SOURCE

CONTRACEPTION. 1997 May;55(5):287-94.

ABSTRACT

The determinants of contraceptive use were investigated in a cohort study of 5031 sexually active, unmarried/non-

cohabitating, non-pregnant women 20-29 years of age from Copenhagen, Denmark, identified through the Central

Population Register. High proportions of these women reported a previous pregnancy (28%), abortion (22%), or

sexually transmitted disease (STD) (34%). Current contraceptive use was reported by 4528 women (90%); the most

frequently used methods were condoms (60%) and oral contraceptives (OCs) (33%). Among the 2066 women who

used OCs or the IUD, 665 (32%) reported additional condom use (double contraception). Condom-only users were

significantly more likely to have had first intercourse at age 17 or older, used condoms at first coitus, never have had

an STD, and to have completed 11 or more years of education; also in this category were significant numbers of

women with 15 or more life-time sexual partners and a prior legal abortion. Young age (20-23 years) was the most

significant determinant of OC-only use. The only significant determinant of double contraceptive use was 15 or

more life-time sex partners. The association between multiple sex partners and use of double contraception

suggests that acquired immunodeficiency syndrome prevention messages are reaching the target population in

Denmark. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 545-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Determinants for contraceptive use in young, single,

Danish women from the general population.", is(are) Svare EI; Kjaer SK; Poll P; Bock JE. The source of this

article is "CONTRACEPTION. 1997 May;55(5):287-94.". This article was published in 1997 in English language(s).

(PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT2T 545-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 5545

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