Fehring Richard J
Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
Linacre Q. 2015 Aug;82(3):273-82. doi: 10.1179/2050854915Y.0000000007.
The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of contraception, abortion, and natural family planning (NFP) on divorce rates of US women of reproductive age. The variables of importance of religion and frequency of church attendance were also included in the analysis. The study involved 5,530 reproductive age women in the (2006-2010) National Survey of Family Growth who indicate that they were ever married. Among the women who ever used NFP only 9.6 percent were currently divorced compared with the 14.4 percent who were currently divorced among the women who never used NFP (x (2) = 5.34, P < 0.21). Odds ratio analysis indicated that ever having an abortion, sterilization, and/or methods of contraception increased the likelihood of divorce - up to two times. Frequency of church attendance decreased the risk of divorce. Although there is less divorce among NFP users the reason might be due to their religiosity. Lay summary: Providers of natural family planning (NFP) frequently mention that couples who practice NFP have fewer divorces compared to couples who use contraception. Evidence for this comment is weak. This study utilized a large data set of 5,530 reproductive age women to determine the influence that contraception, sterilization, abortion, and NFP has on divorce rates. Among the women participants who ever used NFP only 9.6 percent were currently divorced compared with the 14.4 percent who used methods of contraception, sterilization or abortion as a family planning method. Frequency of church attendance also reduced the likelihood of divorce.
本研究的目的是确定避孕、堕胎和自然计划生育（NFP）对美国育龄妇女离婚率的影响。分析中还纳入了宗教重要性和教堂礼拜频率等变量。该研究涉及2006 - 2010年全国家庭成长调查中的5530名育龄妇女，她们表示曾有过婚姻。在仅使用过自然计划生育的女性中，目前离婚的比例仅为9.6%，而从未使用过自然计划生育的女性中，目前离婚的比例为14.4%（χ² = 5.34，P < 0.21）。比值比分析表明，曾进行堕胎、绝育和/或采用避孕方法会增加离婚的可能性——高达两倍。教堂礼拜频率降低了离婚风险。尽管自然计划生育使用者中的离婚率较低，原因可能是她们的宗教信仰。简要总结：自然计划生育（NFP）的提供者经常提到，与使用避孕方法的夫妇相比，采用自然计划生育的夫妇离婚率更低。这一说法的证据并不充分。本研究利用了包含5530名育龄妇女的大量数据集，以确定避孕、绝育、堕胎和自然计划生育对离婚率的影响。在参与研究的女性中，仅使用过自然计划生育的女性目前离婚率为9.6%，而将避孕、绝育或堕胎作为计划生育方法的女性离婚率为14.4%。教堂礼拜频率也降低了离婚的可能性。
