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Contraception: answers of wives and husbands compared in a survey of Swiss couples

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

F. Höpflinger  and
F. Kühne
F. Höpflinger
Affiliation:
Centre for Population Studies, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
F. Kühne
Affiliation:
Institute of Sociology, University of Zurich
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Summary

In a survey of Swiss couples, the husband-wife agreement on contraception (current use, and methods ever used) is high and husbands are generally as well informed on the use of contraceptive methods as their wives. The data indicate that the use of condoms may be underestimated in interviewing women only and that the contraceptive behaviour of a couple is related to the fertility preferences of both wife and husband.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 16 , Issue 2 , April 1984 , pp. 259 - 268
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1984

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