Aiken Abigail R A, Trussell James
Office of Population Research, Wallace Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 08544, USA.
J Marriage Fam. 2017 Apr;79(2):356-371. doi: 10.1111/jomf.12338. Epub 2016 Jul 28.
This study examined differences in women's anticipated emotional orientations towards unintended pregnancy by relationship status and race/ethnicity. Data from a prospective survey of 437 women aged 18-44 who intended no more children for at least two years were analyzed along with 27 in-depth interviews among a diverse sub-sample. Cohabiting women and women in a romantic relationship not living together were less likely to profess happiness (OR=0.42, p<.05, OR=0.25, p<.01, respectively), even when partners' intentions/feelings were controlled. The most prominent factor underlying negative feelings was partners' anticipated lack of engagement with the emotional, physical, and financial toll of unintended childbearing. Contrary to conventional wisdom regarding the "Hispanic paradox", foreign-born and US-born Latinas were no more likely to profess happiness than non-Hispanic whites or blacks. Moreover, foreign-born Latinas whose survey responses indicated happiness often revealed highly negative feelings at in-depth interview, citing pressure to conform to sociocultural norms surrounding motherhood and abortion.
本研究考察了处于不同恋爱状况和种族/族裔的女性对意外怀孕预期的情感倾向差异。对437名年龄在18 - 44岁、至少两年内不想再生育的女性进行的前瞻性调查数据，以及对不同子样本进行的27次深度访谈数据进行了分析。同居女性和处于恋爱关系但不住在一起的女性表达幸福感的可能性较低（分别为OR = 0.42，p <.05；OR = 0.25，p <.01），即使控制了伴侣的意愿/感受也是如此。负面情绪背后最突出的因素是伴侣预计不会参与应对意外生育带来的情感、身体和经济负担。与关于“西班牙裔悖论”的传统观念相反，外国出生和美国出生的拉丁裔女性表达幸福感的可能性并不比非西班牙裔白人或黑人更高。此外，那些在调查中表示幸福的外国出生的拉丁裔女性，在深度访谈中往往会透露出高度负面的情绪，她们提到了要遵守围绕母亲身份和堕胎的社会文化规范所带来的压力。
