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YEAR: 1973

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Family planning--changes in attitudes and practices among low income women

between 1967 and 1970-71.

AUTHORS

Siegel E; Thomas D; Coulter E

SOURCE

American Journal of Public Health 63(3): 255-261. March 1973.

ABSTRACT

Out of 800 low-income Charlotte, North Carolina women systematically chosen and interviewed about family planning

in 1967, 605 (75%) were reinterviewed in 1970-71 to determine changes in knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP),

and factors associated with these changes. The prevalence of female sterilization increased sharply, total use of

either pill or IUD was unchanged despite much individual instability, condom and diaphragm use decreased, and

20% of all women remained at risk and unprotected. Proportions of women having interval pregnancies (31%) and

unwanted pregnancies (35.5% of the births), desiring increased family size (17.75%), and using a more effective

contraceptive by 1970-71 were assessed by race, marital status, age group, years of education, employment status,

parity, desire for more children and contraceptive used in order to analyze the KAP changes. It is suggested that

contraceptive services be integrated into broad family health programs for greater effectiveness. (PubHealth.info

Document ID: CONT8T 73-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Family planning--changes in attitudes and practices among

low income women between 1967 and 1970-71.", is(are) Siegel E; Thomas D; Coulter E. The source of this article

is "American Journal of Public Health 63(3): 255-261. March 1973.". This article was published in 1973 in English

language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT8T 73-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 35073

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