THE ROLE OF RELATIONSHIP POWER IN COUPLE DECISIONS ABOUT CONTRACEPTION IN THE US
THE ROLE OF RELATIONSHIP POWER IN COUPLE DECISIONS ABOUT CONTRACEPTION IN THE US
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DOI：
10.1017/s0021932009990575
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发表时间：
2010-05-01
影响因子：
1.5
通讯作者：
Cubbins, Lisa A.
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作者：
Grady, William R.;Klepinger, Daniel H.;Cubbins, Lisa A.
大多数关于夫妻参与的避孕决策的分析都是基于一方的报告，通常是女方。这项研究使用了2006年在美国进行的全国夫妻调查的信息，该调查从亲密的异性恋关系中的双方获得，以调查男性和女性伴侣的方法偏好对他们一起使用的方法类型的相对影响。它还调查了合作伙伴之间的权力差异在多大程度上，在多个维度上衡量，可能会对一个合作伙伴或另一个合作伙伴的决策过程产生影响。结果表明，男性和女性的方法偏好都与夫妻的方法选择显著相关。此外，没有证据表明这些关系的大小有显著的性别差异，尽管已婚和同居关系中的女性似乎比约会关系中的女性在方法选择上有更大的权力。分析还发现，以相对教育程度和收入衡量的结构性权力会影响伴侣在偏好和方法选择之间的关系差异，但对已婚和同居伴侣比对约会伴侣更重要。相反，基于关系的权力来源，包括相对承诺和相对关系选择，只对约会情侣有显著影响。
Most analyses of the contraceptive decision-making in which couples engage are based on the reports of only one partner, usually the female partner. This study uses information from the 2006 National Couples Survey conducted in the US, which was obtained from both partners in intimate heterosexual relationships to investigate the relative impact of the male and female partner's method preferences on the type of method they use together. It also investigates the extent to which differences in power between the partners, measured on multiple dimensions, may weigh the decision-making process toward one partner or the other. The results suggest that men's and women's method preferences are both significantly related to the couples' method choice. Further, there is no evidence of a significant gender difference in the magnitude of these relationships, although women in married and cohabiting relationships appear to have greater power over method choice than women in dating relationships. The analysis also finds that structural power as measured by relative education and income affects partner differences in the relationship between preferences and method choice, but is more important for married and cohabiting couples than for dating couples. In contrast, relationship-based power sources, including relative commitment and relative relationship alternatives, have significant effects only for dating couples.