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Title: "I Can't Get Pregnant Anyway": Perceived Subfecundity and Nonuse of Contraception
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Gemmill, Alison |
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"I Can't Get Pregnant Anyway": Perceived Subfecundity and Nonuse of Contraception Presented: Chicago IL, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, April 2017 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Population Association of America Keyword(s): Contraception; Fertility; Pregnancy and Pregnancy Outcomes Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. In the United States, more than half (54%) of unintended pregnancies occur to women who do not use contraception or have long gaps in use. Prior research suggests that one reason women do not use contraception is because they believe themselves to be subfecund. These beliefs, however, may provide a false sense of protection from unintended pregnancy if they are not medically accurate. To the author's knowledge, no nationally representative studies have demonstrated a link between perceived subfecundity and contraceptive use. Using data from the NLSY-1997 cohort, a large, nationally representative survey of young adults containing a specialized module on perceived and experienced subfecundity, I demonstrate that women with low perceived fecundity have higher odds of non-use of contraception. Further, these results persist after controlling for a medical diagnosis of infertility and self-reported conception delay after 6 or 12 months, suggesting that risk perceptions often operate independently of experienced subfecundity. |
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Gemmill, Alison. ""I Can't Get Pregnant Anyway": Perceived Subfecundity and Nonuse of Contraception." Presented: Chicago IL, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, April 2017. |