Küng Stephanie A, Saavedra-Avendano Biani, Vélez Evelyn Aldaz, Piñeros María Consuelo Mejía, Metcalfe Gillian M Fawcett, Darney Blair G
Ipas, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, Mexico City, Mexico.
J Relig Health. 2021 Jun;60(3):1600-1612. doi: 10.1007/s10943-021-01186-w. Epub 2021 Feb 6.
We used a nationally representative survey of 2186 Mexican Catholic parents to assess two outcomes: support for adolescent access to modern contraception and whether adolescents unaccompanied by an adult should have access to contraceptive methods. A majority (85%) of Mexican Catholic parents support adolescent access to modern contraceptive methods, but there was less support (28%) for access to contraception unaccompanied. Further, our results show strong support (92%) for sex education in schools. Parents who believe that good Catholics can use contraception had higher odds of support for adolescent access and unaccompanied access to modern contraception. Mexican Catholic parents support adolescent access to modern contraception, but support for unaccompanied access to contraception is lower. This may reflect an interest in being involved, and not necessarily opposition to contraceptive use. Measures of Catholicism that focus on behaviors may better explain opinions about adolescent access to contraception.
我们对2186名墨西哥天主教父母进行了一项具有全国代表性的调查，以评估两个结果：对青少年获得现代避孕措施的支持情况，以及无人陪伴的青少年是否应获得避孕方法。大多数（85%）墨西哥天主教父母支持青少年获得现代避孕方法，但对于无人陪伴时获得避孕措施的支持率较低（28%）。此外，我们的结果显示对学校性教育的支持率很高（92%）。认为虔诚的天主教徒可以使用避孕措施的父母，支持青少年获得和无人陪伴时获得现代避孕措施的几率更高。墨西哥天主教父母支持青少年获得现代避孕措施，但对无人陪伴时获得避孕措施的支持率较低。这可能反映出他们希望参与其中的意愿，而不一定是反对使用避孕措施。关注行为的天主教教义衡量标准可能能更好地解释有关青少年获得避孕措施的观点。
