STDS AND FERTILITY-RELATED BEHAVIOR: A FOLLOW-UP STUDY

这项拟议的研究将考察人们的态度和 与生育有关的行为(包括性行为、 性伴侣和避孕药的使用) 害怕感染获得性免疫缺陷综合症(艾滋病)和 其他性传播疾病(STD)在全国 年龄在20-35岁之间的美国女性的代表性样本。 此外，我们还将探讨它们之间的相互关系 关于性传播疾病的知识，对性传播疾病的态度和 与性传播疾病和生育相关行为有关，使用AS 概念框架模型，如健康信念模型和 主观期望效用模型。 建议使用两个样本进行数据收集： (1)1989年，对最初接受访问的妇女进行了后续调查 在1983年，当他们20-29岁时(全国调查 未婚女性)。1983年，详细的基线信息是 从这些女性那里收集了关于她们的性，避孕， 孕产史，以及他们对 与生育有关的行为。1989年，这些女性的年龄将在26岁至35岁之间 几年前。后续信息将使我们能够观察到 自艾滋病以来，这些妇女的态度和行为发生了变化 成为对健康的威胁。我们希望能够重新面谈920 在1314名女性的原始样本中。 (2)具有全国代表性的20-25岁女性新样本 (包括已婚和未婚)。这个新的面板是有利的 因为它将使我们能够研究知识、态度和 20-35岁女性的行为，几乎完全涵盖了这个年龄 一系列最有可能感染艾滋病的女性，而且 将使我们能够在女性群体之间进行比较，以便 可以确定周期、队列和年龄的影响。为了这个 样本中，预计将完成700次访谈。 这两个样本都将包括黑人女性的过多样本，她们是 在那些曾被 被诊断出患有艾滋病。 一旦可行，就将制造一种公共用途的数据磁带 可用，以便更广泛的研究界能够提供 及时分析本研究提案未涵盖的问题。

The proposed research will examine changes in attitudes and fertility-related behaviors (including sexual practices, number of sexual partners, and contraceptive use) that have resulted from the fear of contracting Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) among a nationally representative sample of women aged 20-35, in the United States. In addition, we will explore the interrelationships between knowledge about STDs, attitudes towards both STDs and behavior that is associated with STDs, and fertility-related behavior, using as conceptual frameworks models such as the Health Belief Model and the Subjective Expected Utility Model. Two samples are proposed for the data collection: (1) a follow-up, in 1989, of women who were initially interviewed in 1983 when they were 20-29 years of age (the National Survey of Unmarried Women). In 1983, detailed baseline information was collected from these women about their sexual, contraceptive, pregnancy and birth histories, as well as their attitudes towards fertility-related behavior. In 1989, these women will be 26-35 years of age. Follow-up information will enable us to observe changes in these women's attitudes and behaviors since AIDs has become a health threat. We expect to be able to reinterview 920 of the original sample of 1,314 women. (2) a new nationally representative sample of 20-25 year-old women (both married and unmarried). This new panel is advantageous because it will enable us to study the knowledge, attitudes, and behavior of women 20-35, which almost completely covers the age range of women who are most at risk of contracting AIDS, and it will allow us to make comparisons between groups of women so that period, cohort, and age effects can be determined. For this sample, 700 interviews are expected to be completed. Both samples will include over-samples of black women, who are disproportionately represented among persons who have been diagnosed with AIDS. As soon as it is feasible, a public use data tape will be made available, so that the broader research community can provide timely analysis of issues not covered by this research proposal.