Eeckhaut Mieke C W, Sweeney Megan M
Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, University of Delaware, 309 Smith Hall, 18 Amstel Ave., Newark, DE 19716.
Department of Sociology & California Center for Population Research, University of California, Los Angeles, 202 Haines Hall, 375 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095.
J Marriage Fam. 2018 Oct;80(5):1259-1270. doi: 10.1111/jomf.12500. Epub 2018 May 17.
Although one fourth of sterilized reproductive-aged women in the U.S. express a desire to have their sterilization procedures reversed, the pathways leading to sterilization regret remain insufficiently understood. Particularly little is known about how cohabitation affects the likelihood of sterilization regret. This study used data from the 2006-2010 National Survey of Family Growth to investigate how relationship context shapes women's risk of sterilization regret. Our findings point to higher levels of regret among women who were cohabiting, rather than married or single at the time of sterilization. Experiencing post-sterilization union dissolution or post-sterilization union formation was also associated with an elevated risk of regret. Together, post-sterilization union instability and selected background characteristics largely explained elevated levels of regret observed among women who were cohabiting at the time of sterilization. An association between regret and post-sterilization union instability persisted, however, even when socioeconomic and reproductive background factors were controlled.
在美国，尽管四分之一接受绝育手术的育龄妇女表示希望恢复生育能力，但导致绝育后悔的原因仍未得到充分了解。尤其是对于同居如何影响绝育后悔的可能性知之甚少。本研究使用了2006 - 2010年全国家庭成长调查的数据，以探讨关系背景如何塑造女性绝育后悔的风险。我们的研究结果表明，绝育时处于同居状态而非已婚或单身的女性后悔程度更高。绝育后关系解体或绝育后建立新关系也与后悔风险增加有关。绝育后关系不稳定和特定的背景特征共同在很大程度上解释了绝育时处于同居状态的女性中观察到的较高后悔水平。然而，即使在控制了社会经济和生育背景因素之后，后悔与绝育后关系不稳定之间的关联仍然存在。
