Religious denomination, religious involvement, and modern contraceptive use in southern Mozambique.
Religious denomination, religious involvement, and modern contraceptive use in southern Mozambique.
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1728-4465.2013.00357.x
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发表时间：
2013-09
影响因子：
2.1
通讯作者：
Agadjanian V
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作者：
Agadjanian V
避孕药具的使用与宗教之间的关系仍然是一个颇有争议的话题。本文认为，这种关系植根于特定背景下的宗教归属和参与的制度和组织方面。这项研究利用在莫桑比克以基督教为主的高生育率地区进行的一项基于人口的妇女调查的独特最新数据，从两个互补的角度探讨了宗教与避孕之间的联系。首先，分析了主要教派群体当前使用现代避孕药具的差异。结果显示，除去其他个人和社区层面的因素，天主教徒和传统新教徒的现代避孕药具使用率较高，程度较低。其次，对宗教参与的分析表明，无论教派归属如何，频繁参加教堂活动与现代避孕药具的使用存在净正相关关系。这些发现是在莫桑比克和类似的撒哈拉以南地区的宗教、人口和社会政治动态的历史背景下得出的。
The relationship between contraceptive use and religion remains a subject of considerable debate. This article argues that this relationship is rooted in context-specific institutional and organizational aspects of religious belonging and involvement. Drawing upon unique recent data from a population-based survey of women conducted in a predominantly Christian high-fertility area of Mozambique, this study examines the connections between religion and contraception from two complementary angles. First, differences in current use of modern contraceptives across main denominational groups are analyzed. The results show higher prevalence of modern contraceptive use among Catholics and, to a lesser extent, traditional Protestants net of other individual- and community-level factors. Second, an analysis of religious involvement reveals that frequent church attendance has a net positive association with modern contraceptive use regardless of denominational affiliation. These findings are situated within the historical context of religious, demographic, and socio-political dynamics of Mozambique and similar sub-Saharan settings.