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Contraception (birth control)
is a regimen of one or more actions, devices, or medications followed in
order to deliberately prevent or reduce the likelihood of a woman
becoming pregnant or giving birth. Therefore contraception is the
utilization of various and sundry surgical procedures, devices,
practices, agents, or drugs with the intention of preventing conception
or impregnation (pregnancy). Methods and intentions typically termed
birth control may be considered a pivotal ingredient to family
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Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning |
| Home, adolescent sexuality and family planning. [Hogar, sexualidad juvenil |
| y planificacion familiar.] |
| Pinto E; Carrasco R; Ortega R |
| Quito, Ecuador, Centro de Estudios de Poblacion y Paternidad Responsable, |
| Data from the 1988 Survey of Reproductive Information and Experience of Young Ecuadoreans in Quito and |
| Guayaquil were the basis for this analysis of the relationship between household composition, age, and educational |
| level and aspects of the sexuality of young people. The data used concerned a subsample of 651 males and 568 |
| females aged 15-24 in Quito and 661 males and 535 females in Guayaquil who were single and had at least 1 living |
| parent. The household composition factor of interest was whether or not the respondent lived in the same household |
| with both parents ("complete" household) or in an incomplete household. Average ages of respondents were 19 for |
| males and 18.9 for females in Quito and 18.8 for males and 18.5 for females in Guayaquil. 10.4% of respondents |
| had attained a primary level of education, 72.8% a secondary level, and 16.8% a higher level. The average ideal age |
| at marriage chosen by respondents increased with age and educational level but did not vary greatly by household |
| composition. The average ideal age at marriage was about 26 for men and 23 for women. 86.4% of men from |
| incomplete households and 80.6% from complete households approved of premarital sexual relations. 24.8% of |
| women from incomplete households and 28.9% from complete households approved of premarital sex. The |
| hypothesis that respondents' household composition would influence whether they though a young single woman |
| who became pregnant should keep the child and raise it without a father was not borne out. 35.9% of men from |
| complete households, 30.5% from incomplete households, 67.9% of women from complete households, and 68.9% |
| from incomplete households felt the women should raise the child. Men from complete and incomplete households |
| felt that sex education should begin at 12.8 and 13.4 years respectively. There was no difference in the age at which |
| women from different types of households felt it should begin. The average number of modern contraceptive |
| methods known by respondents did not vary by household composition but increased with age and educational level. |
| More respondents from complete than incomplete households felt that decisions about contraceptive use should be |
| jointly made, but the difference was significant only for females. The hypothesis that household composition would |
| affect the proportion of young people who had premarital sexual relations was disproven. Observed differences were |
| not statistically significant. The average ages at 1st sexual relations were higher for respondents from complete |
| households: 15.1 for men from complete and 14.8 from incomplete households and 17.9 for women from complete |
| and 16.6 from incomplete households. Indices were constructed to measure respondents' knowledge of themes |
| related to development of young people and sex roles, sexuality, contraception, and sexually transmitted diseases. |
| Household composition was not a significant determinant in most cases. Age and educational level had much |
| greater influence. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT3T 2045-06) |
| PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Home, adolescent sexuality and family planning. [Hogar, |
| sexualidad juvenil y planificacion familiar.]", is(are) Pinto E; Carrasco R; Ortega R. The source of this article is |
| "Quito, Ecuador, Centro de Estudios de Poblacion y Paternidad Responsable, 1991 Aug. [4], 28 p.". This article was |
| published in 1991 in Spanish language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT3T 2045-06. All rights reserved with |
| PubHealth.info) PIN: 12045 |
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