Physical Intimate Partner Violence and Contraceptive Behaviors Among Young Women

KusunokiYasamin,; BarberJennifer, S; GatnyHeather, H; MelendezRobert,

doi:10.1089/jwh.2016.6246

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“…The odds were not significant however. This suggests that, unlike findings in studies by Stephenson et al (2012), Kusunoki et al (2017), and Rowlands and Walker (2019), domestic violence did not significantly affect contraceptive uptake in Nigeria. Coital frequency as a determinant of contraceptive use was however significant across all levels.…”

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“…The association between domestic violence by intimate partners and contraceptive utilization in Nigeria has not been fully explored. While the literature is however replete with studies on the association in other climes (Stephenson, Jadhav, & Hindin, 2012;Kusunoki, Barber, Gatny, & Melendez, 2017;Maxwell et al, 2018;Wandera, Kwagala, & Odimegwu, 2018;Rowlands & Walker, 2019), the outcomes are not uniform.…”

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Latent and Under-explored Determinants of Contraceptive Use in Nigeria

Odimegwu

Adewoyin

2020

Sex Res Soc Policy

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Introduction The Nigerian population policy targeted a 30.2% prevalence of modern contraceptives among its population by the year 2015. In spite of the widespread knowledge of contraceptive use among the population, the prevalence stood at 12% in 2018. This study, riding on several previous studies on the determinants of contraceptive use in Nigeria, investigates the latent and under-explored determinants against the background that what is known has not significantly translated to the realization of the country's population policy targets. Methods Using data on 27,274 married and in-union women aged 15-49 from the 2013 Nigerian Demographic and Health Survey, the relationships between sex preference, family composition, intimate partner violence, and coital frequency and contraceptive use were analyzed using bivariate statistics and logistic regression. Results The prevalence of contraceptive use was 9.9%, and in both the unadjusted and adjusted regression models with other known sociodemographic confounders of contraceptive use, family composition, and active coital frequency predicted increased odds of utilization (P < 0.001). Preference for sons was latent and implicated in family composition and contraceptive use. Conclusions The study concludes that ethnic differences and cultural attributes of the ethnic groups which underlie issues of family composition should be given prominence in efforts at scaling up contraceptive use in Nigeria. Policy Implications With the findings from this study, population control policies in Nigeria and efforts at scaling up contraceptive utilization in particular, should be tailor-made to accommodate ethnic differences and inherent cultural attributes of the more than 380 ethnic groups in the country as this was found to underlie fertility preferences and how family composition is viewed.

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Latent and Under-explored Determinants of Contraceptive Use in Nigeria

Odimegwu

Adewoyin

2020

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“…Relationship Characteristics-Given that relationship characteristics may influence contraceptive use (Barber et al 2010(Barber et al , 2013Kusunoki and Upchurch 2011;Kusunoki et al 2018;Manning et al 2009Manning et al , 2012, we control for relationship exclusivity; relationship duration (measured in weeks); a woman's number of prior breakups with her current partner; and her number of previous weeks with her current partner that included sex, fighting, and violence (separately). 11 Because the RDSL included questions about the dynamics of only primary relationships, these measures pertain exclusively to primary relationships.…”

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Sexual Concurrency and Contraceptive Use Among Young Adult Women

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Leveraging 2.5 years of weekly data from the Relationship Dynamics and Social Life Study, we investigate the relationship between young women's sexual concurrency and their contraceptive behavior. Specifically, we (1) examine whether young women changed their contraceptive use when switching from one to multiple concurrent sexual partners in the same week; (2) explore the uniformity of contraceptive responses to concurrency across relationship context; and (3) compare the contraceptive behaviors of never-concurrent women with those of ever-concurrent women in weeks when they were not concurrent. Nearly one in five sexually active young women had sex with two or more people in the same week. When they were concurrent, these women's odds of using any contraception increased threefold, and their odds of using condoms increased fourfold. This pattern of contraceptive adjustments was the same across relationship characteristics, such as duration and exclusivity. Yet when they were not concurrent, ever-concurrent women were less likely to use any contraception and used condoms less consistently than women who were never concurrent. We discuss these findings in the context of ongoing debates about the role of sexual concurrency in STI transmission dynamics.

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“…Previous research shows that women in violent relationships use less contraception and use it less consistently (Kusunoki et al forthcoming; Rickert et al 2002; Wingood et al 2001). This may be a direct result of reproductive coercion, whereby violent men overtly sabotage women’s use of effective contraception (de Bocanegra et al 2010; Center for Impact Research 2000; Miller et al 2007; Miller et al 2010; Moore et al 2010).…”

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The Dynamics of Intimate Partner Violence and the Risk of Pregnancy during the Transition to Adulthood

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Using a reproductive coercion framework, we investigate the role of intimate partner violence (IPV) in pregnancy during the transition to adulthood. We use two types of data from a population-based sample of 867 young women in a Michigan county: a 60-minute survey interview with 2.5 years of weekly follow-up surveys, and semi-structured interviews with a subsample of 40 pregnant women. The semi-structured interviews illustrate the violence women experienced. Discrete-time logit hazard models demonstrate that threats and physical assault are associated with higher pregnancy rates during ages 18 to 22. However, this holds only when the violence is recent; violence occurring more than a month earlier is not associated with higher pregnancy rates. These associations are independent of violent experiences with prior partners, which are also associated with higher pregnancy rates. Fixed-effects models show that during violent weeks, women perceive more pregnancy desire from their partners, have more sex, and use less contraception than during nonviolent weeks. Finally, mediation analyses and the semi-structured interviews are consistent with reproductive coercion: violent young men are more likely to want their girlfriends pregnant, and they use threats and physical assault to implement their preferences via sex and contraceptive non-use, which in turn increase pregnancy rates.

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Physical Intimate Partner Violence and Contraceptive Behaviors Among Young Women

Abstract: Physical IPV victimization is a dynamic and strong predictor of contraceptive use, method type, and consistency of condom use.

Cited by 32 publications

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Latent and Under-explored Determinants of Contraceptive Use in Nigeria

Latent and Under-explored Determinants of Contraceptive Use in Nigeria

Sexual Concurrency and Contraceptive Use Among Young Adult Women

The Dynamics of Intimate Partner Violence and the Risk of Pregnancy during the Transition to Adulthood

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