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YEAR: 1975

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Perceived contribution of children to marriage and its effects on family

planning behavior.

AUTHORS

Tobin PL

SOURCE

Social Biology 22(1): 75-85. Spring 1975.

ABSTRACT

The impact of the perceived consequences of having children on a couple's contraceptive practices and the

tendency to plan births are examined. 2 separate measures of family planning were utilized, contraceptive pattern

and proportion of unplanned pregnancies. It was found that the more a woman viewed children as an essential part

of the marital experience the less likely she was to use reliable contraception early in marriage. The influence of the

evaluation of children on contraceptive practices also was contingent upon the number of children a couple had had

and the number of years they had been married. Differences in incidence of unplanned pregnancies among women

was more a result of socioeconomic circumstance and the tendency to have a large family than attitude towards

children. These 2 aspects of family planning have different implications for policy decisions. Changing the

incidence of unplanned pregnancies would entail attacking those conditions which handicap couples in changing

their life circumstances. It would involve educating them to the concept of family planning and the techniques of

birth control and also increasing economic opportunity. Changing contraceptive patterns, on the other hand, might

involve encouraging alternative adult roles, and creating differential incentives for childbearing. (PubHealth.info

Document ID: CONT7T 3039-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Perceived contribution of children to marriage and its

effects on family planning behavior.", is(are) Tobin PL. The source of this article is "Social Biology 22(1): 75-85.

Spring 1975.". This article was published in 1975 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT7T

3039-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 33039

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