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YEAR: 1992

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

The newly-weds' decisions on contraception.

AUTHORS

Guo Y; Lin D; Shi Y; Lou C; Fang K; Li H; Gao E; Zhang D

SOURCE

CHINESE JOURNAL OF POPULATION SCIENCE. 1992;4(2):175-85.

ABSTRACT

In China, the interval between first marriage and first childbearing has declined. This study examined the

relationship between sociopsychological and demographic factors and contraceptive usage among newly married

couples in Shanghai districts of Luwan and Hongku between August 15, 1987, and August 14, 1988. A random

sample of 7872 newlyweds who intended to postpone childbearing were interviewed; 12.5% of the 15,938 registered

marriages desired postponement of childbearing. Premarital courtship spanned an average of 35.1 months with a

standard deviation of 23.2 months. 73% of couples did not desire two children. 13.8% desired two children. 77% of

couples were dependent on parents after 3 months of marriage. 11% had sexual relations before registration and

20% before the wedding. 87% used contraception before marriage registration and 89% before the wedding. 6%

failed to use any contraception. Those using contraception has sexual relations less frequently than those not using

contraception. 70% did not use contraception after the wedding because of unavailability of pills, fear of side effects

from pills, and lack of knowledge about nonpill contraception. In a univariate analysis, 17 independent variables

were selected for the logistic models: education level of the couple and husband's parents, wife's age at marriage,

monthly income of couple, premarital romance period, wife's and husband's occupation, husband's family position as

the only son, work shifts, residence with their parents, desire for 2 children, channel for information about

contraception, wife's contraceptive knowledge and communication, and expected pregnancy date. The results

indicated that wives with high educational levels use contraception more frequently. A 1% increase in education

yields a 28.1% increase in likelihood of contraceptive use. Official channels of information are more likely to result in

contraceptive use. Wives who exchange contraceptive knowledge with many others are better contraceptors. Greater

likelihood of use was also related to employment in state-owned enterprises. In models excluding couple's desire

for children and wife's contraceptive knowledge, 10 variables were found to have a stabilizing effect as evidenced in

assessment at 3 different points after marriage registration. These were wife's age at marriage, educational level of

the couple, wife's occupation, premarital romance period, work shifts, desire for 2 children, channel of

communication, wife's interaction with others about contraception, residence with parents, and husband's work unit.

(PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT3T 1588-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "The newly-weds' decisions on contraception.", is(are) Guo

Y; Lin D; Shi Y; Lou C; Fang K; Li H; Gao E; Zhang D. The source of this article is "CHINESE JOURNAL OF

POPULATION SCIENCE. 1992;4(2):175-85.". This article was published in 1992 in English language(s).

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