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- Title
Low-Income Women's Perceptions of Family Planning Service Alternatives.
- Authors
Severy, Lawrence J.; McKillop, Kevin
- Abstract
The article describes a study of low-income women's choice of family planning service delivery. A sample of 665 low-income women from a predominantly rural area of north central Florida rated the value of 25 features of family planning providers and reported their perceptions of how characteristic each feature was of different types of providers. Ethnicity affected ratings dramatically, with black respondents clearly more favorable toward public health clinics and private physicians than white respondents; conversely, whites were more positive toward voluntary organizations than were blacks. For many of these low-income respondents, the high ratings of private physicians may have represented their expectations rather than their actual experience. The data indicates that clients of public health clinics may find problematic such characteristics as lack of privacy, potential embarrassment in talking to the staff, possible absence of a doctor if one is needed and higher cost than the women can afford. As for clients of private physicians, three areas seemed troublesome: difficulty in finding physicians, the possibility of embarrassment and, particularly, more costly services than low-income women would prefer.
- Subjects
UNITED States; BIRTH control clinics; PREGNANT women; INCOME; BIRTH control; RATING of physicians; MEDICAL care costs
- Publication
Family Planning Perspectives, 1990, Vol 22, Issue 4, p150
- ISSN
0014-7354
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/2135605