Childbearing Worldviews and Contraceptive Behavior Among Young Women.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To classify young women into groups based on their childbearing worldviews-patterns of attitudes about domains related to childbearing-and to test whether these groups predict contraceptive behavior.

Background

Contraceptive behavior-defined here as contraceptive use or abstinence-among young women in the United States illustrates the often puzzling relationship between attitudes and behavior. This study argues that considering sets of attitudes relevant to childbearing in relation to each other can explain apparent contradictions between attitudes and contraceptive behavior.

Method

Using data from the Relationship Dynamics and Social Life study of young women (N=832), this study analyzes the relationships among attitudes about childbearing by using l

SUBMITTER: Shepherd H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7546315 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature