Contraceptive Use in Random Samples of Greenlandic and Danish Women – Changes from 1986 to 1988

As part of a study of risk factors for cervical cancer, the possible change was assessed in the use of condoms after AIDS campaigns. In 1986, samples of 800 women aged 20–39 years were drawn at random from Nuuk/Godthåb (Greenland) and Nykøbing Falster (Denmark). A total of 586 and 661 women were int...

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Published in:Scandinavian journal of public health 1991-03, Vol.19 (1), p.39-43
Main Authors: Kjær, Susanne K., Svare, Edith I., Haugaard, Birthe J., Teisen, Chantal, Christensen, René B., Lynge, Elsebeth, Jensen, Ole M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Birth control
Community Health
Contraception Behavior - psychology
Contraception Behavior - statistics & numerical data
Contraception Behavior - trends
Contraceptive Devices, Male - statistics & numerical data
Contraceptive Devices, Male - trends
Contraceptive Devices, Male - utilization
Denmark
Female
Greenland
Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics
Hormonal contraception
Humans
Medical sciences
Random Allocation
Sampling Studies
Sex Education - standards
Sexual Partners
Sociology
Sociology of health and medicine
Surveys and Questionnaires
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Summary:As part of a study of risk factors for cervical cancer, the possible change was assessed in the use of condoms after AIDS campaigns. In 1986, samples of 800 women aged 20–39 years were drawn at random from Nuuk/Godthåb (Greenland) and Nykøbing Falster (Denmark). A total of 586 and 661 women were interviewed in Greenland and Denmark, respectively. In 1988, new random samples of 150 women were drawn from the same areas. Totally, 129 Greenlandic and 126 Danish women were included in the study. From 1986 to 1988 the prevalence of ever having used condoms increased significantly among Greenlandic women aged 20-29, whereas no statistically significant changes were observed in Denmark. This pattern was independent of the lifetime number of sexual partners. Neither in Greenland nor in Denmark did the mean lifetime number of sexual partners change from 1986 to 1988.
ISSN:0300-8037
1403-4948
1651-1905
DOI:10.1177/140349489101900107