Contraceptive Method Use by Rural-Urban Residence among Women and Men in the United States, 2006 to 2017

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PURPOSE: Policy and reproductive health practice changes in the past decade have affected use of different contraceptive methods, but no study has assessed contraceptive method use over this time by rural-urban residence in the United States.

METHODS: We used female and male respondent data (2006-2017) from the National Survey of Family Growth (n = 29,133 women and n = 24,364 men) to estimate contraceptive method use by rural-urban residence over time and contraceptive method use by age, marital status, and parity/number of children.

RESULTS: From 2006-2010 to 2013-2017, among urban women, we found increased use of two or more methods (11% to 14%); increased use of intrauterine devices (5% to 11%), implants (0 to 2%), and withdrawal (5 to 8%); and decreased use of sterilization (28% to 22%) and pills (26% to 22%). Among rural women, we found increased use of intrauterine devices (5% to 9%) and implants (1% to 5%). We found increased withdrawal use for urban men, but otherwise no differences among men across time. In data pooled across all survey periods (2006-2017), contraceptive method use varied by rural-urban residence across age, marital status, and parity/number of children.

CONCLUSIONS: In a nationally representative sample of reproductive age women and men, we found rural-urban differences in contraceptive method use from 2006-2010 to 2013-2017. Describing contraceptive use differences by rural-urban residence is necessary for tailoring reproductive health services to populations appropriately.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:31

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Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health - 31(2021), 3 vom: 30. Mai, Seite 277-285

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Janis, Jaclyn A [VerfasserIn]
Ahrens, Katherine A [VerfasserIn]
Kozhimannil, Katy B [VerfasserIn]
Ziller, Erika C [VerfasserIn]

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Date Completed 28.06.2021

Date Revised 28.06.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.whi.2020.12.009

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NLM320920879