Botting B, Dunnell K
Popul Trends. 2000 Summer(100):32-9.
The late 1960s and early 1970s saw major changes in access to birth control. This article reviews trends in fertility and contraception between 1976 when the Family Formation Survey was undertaken and 1998, the latest year for which data are available. There has been an increase in mean age at childbirth over the period. Some of this increase is possibly a result of childbearing in second and subsequent relationships when the women will be older on average. This also has had an impact on their patterns of contraception use. Teenage pregnancy is high on the Government's agenda. Teenage pregnancy continues at constant levels. As the estimated age of first intercourse decreases, there is a continued need for sufficient, accessible and appropriate family planning services.
20世纪60年代末70年代初，节育措施的可及性发生了重大变化。本文回顾了1976年进行家庭构成调查至1998年（可获取数据的最近一年）期间的生育和避孕趋势。在此期间，平均生育年龄有所上升。这种上升部分可能是由于在第二次及后续关系中生育，此时女性平均年龄更大。这也对她们的避孕方式产生了影响。青少年怀孕问题备受政府关注。青少年怀孕率持续稳定。随着首次性交估计年龄的降低，持续需要充足、可及且合适的计划生育服务。
