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Variation in Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptives, Sterilization, and Other Contraceptive Methods by Age and Motherhood Status

Graham, Katherine Lynne
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1003-3290
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1637181402677174

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2021, Master of Arts (MA), Bowling Green State University, Sociology.
Long-acting reversible contraceptives, LARCs, have been gaining popularity in the past two decades, but other methods, including sterilization, are still more frequently used. Different sociodemographic and societal factors influence contraceptive use among different groups of women. In particular, mothers and younger women have the highest rates of LARC use. In comparison, mothers and older women have the highest rates of those using sterilization. I analyze the relationship between motherhood status/parity and age on contraceptive method use using the 2015-2017 and 2017-2019 cycles of the National Survey of Family Growth. Mothers are more likely to use LARCs and sterilization relative to other methods compared to childless women. Higher parities increase the likelihood of using LARCs and sterilization relative to other methods, along with using sterilization relative to LARCs. Age increases the likelihood of using sterilization relative to LARCs and other methods. There is evidence that age moderates the relationship between motherhood and parity and contraception use, especially for sterilization use relative to LARCs and other methods. Younger mothers at parity three or more have a higher likelihood of being sterilized relative to using other methods than childless women and older mothers. Older women and women in the middle of their childbearing years are less likely to use LARCs and sterilization relative to other methods compared to their childless counterparts. Older mothers with higher parities are less likely to use sterilization relative to LARC compared to childless women. These findings suggest that mothers and childless women use contraception for different reasons across the childbearing years.
Karen Guzzo, Ph.D. (Advisor)
Kei Nomaguchi, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Jenjira Yahirun, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
50 p.
Demographics; Demography; Families and Family Life; Health; Sociology
Fertility; Parity; LARCs; Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptives; Sterilization; Demography; Family Sociology; Age; Contraceptives; Contraception; Women's Health; Women's Sterilization; Female Sterilization; Sociology; Motherhood; Childless

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  • Graham, K. L. (2021). Variation in Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptives, Sterilization, and Other Contraceptive Methods by Age and Motherhood Status [Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1637181402677174

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Graham, Katherine. Variation in Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptives, Sterilization, and Other Contraceptive Methods by Age and Motherhood Status. 2021. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1637181402677174.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Graham, Katherine. "Variation in Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptives, Sterilization, and Other Contraceptive Methods by Age and Motherhood Status." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1637181402677174

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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