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- Title
Rates of Modern Method Use Are High Among Urban Russian Women, Who Typically Want Small Families.
- Authors
Mahler, K.
- Abstract
The article reports on the use of modern contraceptives by Russian women living in urban areas despite unplanned pregnancies being common. Use of modem contraceptives among Russian women living in urban areas is widespread. Nonetheless, unplanned pregnancies are common, and the large majority of these pregnancies end in abortion. According to the 1996 Russia Women's Reproductive Health Survey (RWRHS), most women want small families, and the total fertility rate is 1.2-1.5 births per woman. The IUD is the most popular contraceptive method, while female sterilization is the least common choice. More than three-quarters of women have had one or two children by age 30, and receipt of adequate prenatal care is nearly universal. Overall, 53-61% of women surveyed were legally married, 7-12% were in cohabiting unions (also referred to as unregistered marriages) and 13-15% were separated, divorced or widowed; 18-23% had never been married. The median age at first union was generally about 21 among women aged 25-44 and 20 among those aged 20-24. The majority of women first had sexual intercourse during their adolescent years.
- Subjects
RUSSIA; TEENAGERS' sexual behavior; REPRODUCTIVE health; CONTRACEPTIVES; PREGNANCY; HEALTH surveys
- Publication
Family Planning Perspectives, 1998, Vol 30, Issue 6, p293
- ISSN
0014-7354
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/2991509