Emuveyan E E, Oshinyemi H, Durojaiye G, Dixon R A
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, College of Medicine, University of Lagos.
West Afr J Med. 1990 Apr-Jun;9(2):129-34.
Among 1266 contraceptive acceptors (median age 30 years, median parity 4.5) attending a family planning clinic, mostly after referral from the post-natal clinic, two thirds chose the intrauterine device, almost all the remainder choosing oral contraception. Oral contraception was, however, the main choice among women parity 0 or 1. A definite intention to have no more children was given by none of the women of parity 3 or under, and only by 15% of those of parity 8 or more, so that child spacing was the main reason for accepting contraception. By 12 months, the discontinuation rate among oral contraceptive users was 17% (IUD 11%) of which 11% (IUD 6%) was for personal reasons or to plan pregnancy, 4% (IUD 5%) through adverse effects and 0.6% (IUD 0.8%) through accidental pregnancy.
在一家计划生育诊所就诊的1266名避孕接受者中（年龄中位数为30岁，产次中位数为4.5），大多数是从产后诊所转诊而来，三分之二的人选择了宫内节育器，几乎其余所有人都选择了口服避孕药。然而，口服避孕药是0或1产次女性的主要选择。3产次及以下的女性中没有人明确表示不再生育，8产次及以上的女性中只有15%表示不再生育，因此生育间隔是接受避孕的主要原因。到12个月时，口服避孕药使用者的停用率为17%（宫内节育器为11%），其中11%（宫内节育器为6%）是出于个人原因或为了计划怀孕，4%（宫内节育器为5%）是由于不良反应，0.6%（宫内节育器为0.8%）是由于意外怀孕。
