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(Birth Control) and Family Planning".
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
planning. Birth control is a controversial political and ethical
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Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning |
| Public welfare and family planning: an empirical study of the "brood sow" |
| Social Problems 21(5): 658-673. 1974. |
| The "brood sow" myth, named after the female swine who earns her kee p by breeding, holds that welfare mothers 1) |
| perceive their financial situation as relatively good, 2) have regular sexual relations, 3) do not use contraceptives, 4) |
| want to become pregnant, and 5) become pregnant. Data from a sample of 300 welfare mothers in Metropolitan |
| Nashville-Davidson County, Tennessee, were analyzed to test this theory of welfare fertility. Statistical controls were |
| instituted for race, age, and date of pregnancy intervals. Comparisons between welfare recipients and nonrecipients |
| revealed no support for the myth 2n regard to perceived adequacy of income and regularity of sexual relations. |
| Statistically significant differences were found indicating that while on welfare, women were more likely to use |
| contraception, less likely to describe resulting pregnancies as wanted, and less likely to have a subsequent |
| pregnancy. The authors arrived at 2 conclusions: 1) participation in the Aid of Families of Dependent Children |
| welfare program probably does not motivate women to bear more children than they ordinarily might; and 2) |
| participation in the welfare program is somehow related to the use of contraceptives and family planning. This, the |
| authors feel, is because states have been required by the federal government since 1967 to offer family planning |
| services to welfare recipients. Thus, the "very poor" are more likely to be exposed to the idea of family planning than |
| the "near poor" who receive no financial assistance. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT7T 3501-06) |
| PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Public welfare and family planning: an empirical study of |
| the "brood sow" myth.", is(are) Placek PJ; Hendershot GE. The source of this article is "Social Problems 21(5): 658- |
| 673. 1974.". This article was published in 1974 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT7T |
| 3501-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 33501 |
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