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YEAR: 1991

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Fertility and contraceptive use among young adults in Harare, Zimbabwe.

AUTHORS

Boohene E; Tsodzai J; Hardee-Cleaveland K; Weir S; Janowitz B

SOURCE

STUDIES IN FAMILY PLANNING. 1991 Jul-Aug;22(4):264-71.

ABSTRACT

In 1986, researchers surveyed 1941 14-24 year old men and women from Harare to determine sexual activity,

contraceptive knowledge and use, and pregnancy in this population. 61% of ever pregnant women were married at

1st pregnancy and 25% more married after becoming pregnant. Indeed 43% of women who had premarital sexual

intercourse became pregnant before marriage. Moreover, 33% of ever pregnant women were students when they

conceived an 90% of them left school. Further, 80% of pregnant students did not want to be pregnant. Overall,

women who were not married at conception were much less likely to want the pregnancy than were women who were

married at conception. <50% of women and 36.5% of men who knew of a family planning method had ever talked to

anyone about contraception or pregnancy. Moreover, <33% went to a family life education course. Those who were

in school were more likely to have attended such a course than those not in school, however, 25% of the women and

40% of the men knew of the Youth Advisory Council. Even though 79.5% of the young adults knew at least 1 method

and most did not want to become pregnant, 87% of sexually active women and 83% of sexually active men did not

use them at 1st intercourse. Further, 64% of never married women and 71% of never married men who had

intercourse in the month before the survey did not use contraceptives. The leading reason for not using a method

was ignorance of contraceptive methods. 86% of women who did use a contraceptive 4 weeks before the survey

used the pill and 64% of the men used a condom. Yet positive attitudes toward premarital use of contraceptive

norms were the norm for sexually active youth. These results demonstrate the need for the Youth Advisory Services

to increase efforts to reach youth before they begin sexual activity. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT3T 2510-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Fertility and contraceptive use among young adults in

Harare, Zimbabwe.", is(are) Boohene E; Tsodzai J; Hardee-Cleaveland K; Weir S; Janowitz B. The source of this

article is "STUDIES IN FAMILY PLANNING. 1991 Jul-Aug;22(4):264-71.". This article was published in 1991 in

English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT3T 2510-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN:

12510

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