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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-11-21
pubmed:abstractText
Using data from the 1982 National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG), this analysis reports differentials in contraceptive discontinuation among married women aged 15-44 years in the United States. The total discontinuation rate is broken down into change to no method (termination) or to a different method (a method switch), and rates are obtained for specific methods. In addition, sociodemographic differences in risks associated with each type of discontinuation are shown. Discontinuation rates are compared to use-failure rates to provide a more comprehensive understanding of the implications of discontinuation for contraceptive efficacy.
pubmed:keyword
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0039-3665
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
19
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
227-35
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:otherAbstract
PIP: This study examines 2292 contraceptive use-intervals of 1505 currently married women, aged 15-44, obtained from the Cycle III National Survey of Family Growth. The use-intervals occurred between January 1979 and August 1982, and the analysis is limited to the 1st 12 months of exposed use. From this data a discrete-time, piece-wise exponential hazards model is used to construct 2 destination-specific models from which cumulative 12-month probabilities of stopping all method use and of switching methods can be estimated. The change model was affected only by current method type, duration of use, and race; the use-discontinuation model was affected by age and education as well. A high proportion of discontinuation was to no method, ranging from 41.6% among condom users to 82.9% among rhythm users. Rhythm users showed the lowest (2.8%) probability of switching to another method. Total discontinuation rates for other nonpermanent methods were 25.7% for the pill, 21.4% for the IUD, 28.6% for the condom, 29.5% for the diaphragm, and 45.4% for spermicides. Spermicide discontinuers were more likely to adopt other methods than were the pill, IUD, condom, or diaphragm discontinuers. Black women had a lower risk of changing methods than white women, but they were much more likely to stop all method use. These findings suggest either that black women find no acceptable alternative methods or that they are more willing to accept an unintended pregnancy. Younger women and less educated women were more likely to stop method use, but neither education nor age affected switching. With the exception of the rhythm method, discontinuation rates and use-failure rates were positively correlated. However, pill and IUD discontinuation were probably more related to side effects than to failure. The only variable that affected discontinuation rates but had no effect on the risk of contraceptive use-failure was race. Black women had high rates of method abandonment even of highly reliable methods.
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Contraceptive discontinuation among married women in the United States.
pubmed:affiliation
Battelle Human Affairs Research Centers, Seattle, WA 98105.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.