Paul C, Skegg D C, Smeijers J, Spears G F
Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago Medical School, Dunedin.
N Z Med J. 1988 Dec 14;101(859):809-13.
A survey of contraceptive practice in New Zealand was carried out using a population-based sample of women, aged 25 to 54, selected as control subjects in a national case-control study. The results showed that sterilisation has become the most common means of family limitation. Overall, 45% of women aged 25 to 54 were in a union where one or the other partner had been sterilised. Vasectomy was the most common method of contraceptive sterilisation. The frequency of hysterectomy contributed to the high rates of sterilisation; 12% of women had had a hysterectomy. Over 80% of New Zealand women had used an oral contraceptive at some time, but only 11% were using the pill at the time of the survey. Comparison with earlier studies of contraceptive use in New Zealand show there has been a marked increase in the prevalence of contraceptive sterilisation, and a marked decrease in the use of oral contraceptives.
一项针对新西兰避孕措施使用情况的调查，以年龄在25至54岁的女性为样本，这些女性是在一项全国性病例对照研究中被选为对照对象的。结果显示，绝育已成为最常见的计划生育方式。总体而言，年龄在25至54岁的女性中，有45%处于伴侣一方或另一方已绝育的婚姻关系中。输精管切除术是最常见的避孕绝育方法。子宫切除术的高施行率导致了绝育率较高；12%的女性做过子宫切除术。超过80%的新西兰女性曾在某个时候使用过口服避孕药，但在调查时只有11%的女性在服用避孕药。与新西兰早期关于避孕措施使用情况的研究相比，避孕绝育的普及率显著上升，而口服避孕药的使用则显著减少。
