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Married women and contraceptive sterilization: factors that Contribute to pre-surgical ambivalence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Warren B. Miller  and
Rochelle N. Shain
Warren B. Miller
Affiliation:
Transnational Family Research Institute, Palo Alto, USA
Rochelle N. Shain
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, USA
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Summary

Two hundred and fifty-five married women about to have a tubal ligation and 167 women whose husbands were about to have a vasectomy were interviewed about their decisions. The data were analysed to determine the factors with which pre-surgical ambivalence about the decision was associated.

Three independent factors were indicated: a substantive factor related to childbearing motivations, attitudes, and beliefs; a processual factor related to the decision-making process; and a contextual factor relating to situational pressures for and against the decision.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 17 , Issue 4 , October 1985 , pp. 471 - 479
Copyright
Copyright © 1985, Cambridge University Press

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