A survey of contraception in five West European countries

Abstract

Summary. In 1984 and 1985, a survey was conducted of 7696 women aged 15-44 living in Italy, France, Great Britain, Spain and the Federal Republic of Germany. The aim of the study was to examine the use of contraceptive methods, the differences in contraceptive use, knowledge of fertility, communication about contraception, motives for choice and the perceptions held by women regarding contraceptive methods, particularly oral contraception. The results show important differences between the countries studied.

A survey of family planning in the Philippines

“…Double utilization was observed with condoms, spermicides, rhythm and withdrawal, not unlike patterns observed in western Europe, e.g. in Italy (Riphagen, van der Vurst & Lehert, 1984). Altogether 27% of the users in this sample used more than one method.…”

Contraception in women over forty

“…The survey, carried out in 1984 and 1985, covered women between 15 and 45 years of age in Italy, France, Great Britain, Spain and the Federal Republic of Germany, and the results have been published separately for each country (Riphagen, van der Vurst & Lehert, 1984, 1985a,b, 1986a. In this paper, only data on women between 41 and 45 are used, unless stated otherwise.…”

“…The samples used-which, with the exception of Spain, were not purely randomcompared in age, marital status and level of education to the national population of each country were found to be representative (Riphagen et al 1984(Riphagen et al ,1985a(Riphagen et al ,b, 1986a. Contraceptive use rates for the total populations were compatible with those of countries for which recent, reliable data are available (World Fertility Survey, 1981OPCS, 1985;INE, 1986).…”

Choice of Oral Contraception among Urban Women in Eastern India: A Prospective Observational Study

“…4,5 Globally, family planning is promoted as a mechanism to address the reproductive needs of men and women as well as the crucial challenge of rapid population increase. 6 The use of different contraceptive methods was studied in 5 western European countries, along with knowledge of fertility, motives for choice and perceptions held by women (Riphagen and Lehert, 1989) 7 . The process of decision-making was analyzed in a knowledge, attitudes and practice (KAP) survey in a Mexican community and a wide gap between women's fertility desires and their actual fertility was observed (Schedlin and Hollerbach, 1988).…”