Family Planning Perspectives articles from January 1998

Family Planning Perspectives archives from January 1998

Trends in contraceptive use in the United States: 1982-1995.
January 1, 1998... Since 1955, national fertility surveys have documented trends in the introduction, dissemination and use of contraceptives in the United States. These trends have included the rise and subsequent decline in use of oral contraceptives, the...

Young women's degree of control over first intercourse: an exploratory analysis.
January 1, 1998... Context: While policymakers and researchers alike often seem to believe that young women's decision to initiate sexual intercourse is conscious and free of ambiguity, the actual degree of control that such young women exert over first intercourse...

Women's efforts to prevent pregnancy: consistency of oral contraceptive use.
January 1, 1998... Context: An understanding of determinants of inconsistent pill-taking could be useful to service providers who are trying to help women prevent unwanted pregnancy. This article explores the predictors of inconsistent use in a nationally...

Unintended pregnancy in the United States.
January 1, 1998... Context: Current debates on how to reduce the high U.S. abortion rate often fail to take into account the role of unintended pregnancy, an important determinant of abortion. Methods: Data from the 1982, 1988 and 1995 cycles of the National...

Does the timing of the first family planning visit still matter?
January 1, 1998... Context: The timing of a first family planning visit relative to first intercourse can affect the likelihood of an early unintended pregnancy. Methods: Nationally representative data from the 1982, 1988 and 1995 cycles of the National Survey...

Impaired fecundity in the United States: 1982-1995.
January 1, 1998... Context: The 1995 National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) provides new nationally representative data to test the accuracy of the commonly held assumption that impaired fecundity has been rising in the United States over the past decade....

Design and operation of the 1995 national survey of family growth.
January 1, 1998... The 1995 National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) was conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) under a contract with the Research Triangle Institute (RTI) of Research Triangle Park, NC. The NSFG is conducted in response to...