Contraceptive practice of Irish married and single first-time mothers

This study surveys 100 married and 100 unmarried primiparous mothers, attending the National Maternity Hospital, Dublin, with regard to their contraceptive practice, their planning of their pregnancy and the timing of their first antenatal visit. Nineteen per cent of the married women, but 64% of th...

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Published in:Journal of biosocial science 1989-10, Vol.21 (4), p.379-386
Main Authors: Greene, Sheila M., Joy, Marie-Therese, Nugent, J. K., O'Mahony, P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Birth control
Contraception Behavior - psychology
Contraception Behavior - statistics & numerical data
Female
Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics
Hormonal contraception
Humans
Ireland
Marriage - psychology
Marriage - statistics & numerical data
Medical sciences
Mothers - psychology
Population
Pregnancy
Pregnancy, Unwanted - statistics & numerical data
Single Parent - psychology
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Summary:This study surveys 100 married and 100 unmarried primiparous mothers, attending the National Maternity Hospital, Dublin, with regard to their contraceptive practice, their planning of their pregnancy and the timing of their first antenatal visit. Nineteen per cent of the married women, but 64% of the unmarried women, had never used any contraceptive method. The contraceptive pill was the most popular method for both groups, but while three in five of the married women had at some time used the pill, only a little more than one in five of the unmarried women had ever used it. One quarter of the women who had used contraception reported that their pregnancy was the result of a failure in their contraceptive method. Eighty-nine per cent of the single group and 20% of the married had not planned their pregnancy. None of the married women, but almost a quarter of the single, delayed their first antenatal visit until after they were 20 weeks pregnant.
ISSN:0021-9320
1469-7599
DOI:10.1017/S0021932000018113