Use of contraceptive practices by a Brazilian population

• Autor(a) principal: Ramos, Célia Leitão
• Data de Publicação: 1974
• Outros Autores: Ogura, Keiko, Souza, Daisy A. C., Beniczky, Catherine Laura, Bedini, Eliana, Medeiros, Elizabeth Guedes de, Santos, Maria do Carmo Dias dos, Cunha, Maria Eliza Fernandes, Castaldelli, Marilena, Tornante, Miriam Gomes, Pelosini, Regina Helena Corazza, Napolitano, Rosalina, Ferreira, Sonia Maria Freitas
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista de Saúde Pública
• Texto Completo: https://www.revistas.usp.br/rsp/article/view/4717
• topic: Anticoncepcionais; Planejamento familiar; Contraception; Family planning

A group of 245 married women from Mogi das Cruzes (State of S. Paulo, Brazil were questioned about the use of contraceptive practices, past obstetric history, child mortality, and attitude toward birth control. Answers were classified according to age and family earnings. Only 49% of these women practiced contraception, 42% of which used the "pill". There was a positive correlation between the practice of birth control and wage levels, and contraception was like-wise more common in the younger age groups. The natality was reduced considerably in those women who availed themselves of contraception and also it was observed a drastic decrease in the number of abortions and in child mortality. This effect was more pronounced in those who used the anovulatory drugs.