Romo Laura F, Berenson Abbey B, Segars Amanda
Gevirtz Graduate School of Education, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9490, USA.
Contraception. 2004 Mar;69(3):219-25. doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2003.10.011.
Presumably, Latino women engage in little family planning because of religious or cultural objections to contraception. The purpose of this study was to examine how acculturation, religion and various demographic factors were related to the family-planning behaviors of Latino women in the United States. Data were collected on 234 pregnant women (aged 18-40 years), on their family size, how actively they planned their current pregnancy, and how consistently they used contraception in the past. Through path analysis, we found that Spanish-speaking women were more consistent contraceptive users than their English-speaking counterparts, suggesting that acculturation negatively impacts contraceptive use. However, Spanish-speaking women with longer US residency were more likely to be consistent contraceptive users than Spanish-speaking women who had lived in the United States for briefer periods, suggesting a positive effect of acculturation. Religiosity and years of education were associated with family size, but not contraceptive use. Women who were married and had fewer children were more likely to plan their current pregnancy, indicating that Latino women take family size and marital status into consideration when actively deciding to become pregnant.
据推测，拉丁裔女性很少进行计划生育是因为宗教或文化上对避孕的反对。本研究的目的是探讨文化适应、宗教信仰和各种人口因素如何与美国拉丁裔女性的计划生育行为相关。收集了234名孕妇（年龄在18至40岁之间）的数据，包括她们的家庭规模、她们对当前怀孕的计划程度以及她们过去使用避孕措施的一致性。通过路径分析，我们发现说西班牙语的女性比说英语的女性更持续地使用避孕措施，这表明文化适应对避孕措施的使用有负面影响。然而，在美国居住时间较长的说西班牙语的女性比居住时间较短的说西班牙语的女性更有可能持续使用避孕措施，这表明文化适应有积极作用。宗教虔诚度和受教育年限与家庭规模有关，但与避孕措施的使用无关。已婚且子女较少的女性更有可能计划她们当前的怀孕，这表明拉丁裔女性在积极决定怀孕时会考虑家庭规模和婚姻状况。
