THE INFLUENCE OF COMMUNITY CHARACTERISTICS ON THE PRACTICE OF EFFECTIVE CONTRACEPTION
THE INFLUENCE OF COMMUNITY CHARACTERISTICS ON THE PRACTICE OF EFFECTIVE CONTRACEPTION
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10.2307/2135986
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发表时间：
1993-01-01
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BILLY, JOG
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GRADY, WR;KLEPINGER, DH;BILLY, JOG
一项将全国家庭成长调查的个人数据与总体信息相结合的分析提供了证据，证明社区特征影响美国目前已婚白人女性的避孕决定。该分析研究了妇女在三年半期间使用的避孕方法的平均有效性水平与社区特征（例如就业机会、避孕和堕胎信息和服务的可用性以及社区宗教信仰程度）之间的关系。与较高水平的避孕效果相关的社区特征是人口快速增长、失业率高、宗教信仰程度高、社会经济地位高以及易于获得计划生育信息和服务。社区的慷慨程度与避孕药具的有效使用呈负相关。结果支持这样的论点：各种社区特征通过增加或减少意外怀孕的成本来影响妇女的避孕选择。
An analysis combining individual-level data from the National Survey of Family Growth with aggregate-level information provides evidence that the characteristics of communities influence the contraceptive decisions of currently married white women in the United States. The analysis examined the relationship between the average effectiveness level of the contraceptive methods that a woman used over a three-and-a-half-year period and community characteristics such as employment opportunities, the availability of contraceptive and abortion information and services, and the level of religious adherence in communities. Community characteristics associated with higher levels of contraceptive effectiveness were rapid population growth, high rates of unemployment, elevated levels of religious affiliation, high socioeconomic status, and ready access to family planning information and services. Community liberality was negatively associated with effective contraceptive use. The results support arguments that various community characteristics affect a woman's contraceptive choices by increasing or decreasing the costs of an unintended pregnancy.