Robles R R, Martínez R E, Vera M, Alegría M
Center for Evaluation and Sociomedical Research, School of Public Health, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan 00936.
P R Health Sci J. 1988 Apr;7(1):7-13.
This paper considers the variables related to the type of health care utilization for sterilization and family planning among Puerto Rican women. The study is based on a representative sample of 1,375 women between the ages of 15-49 years. The data shows that the majority of women used the private sector of health care for their sterilization. Younger women, women with a low level of education, unemployed, living in consensual marriages and those who had their children as adolescents, made more use of the public services for their sterilization. It is a well proven fact that women with the above mentioned characteristics are more socioeconomically deprived than the educated, married and working women. Thus, it is to be expected that this group of women does not have the economic resources needed to utilize the private health care system.
本文探讨了与波多黎各女性绝育及计划生育医疗保健利用类型相关的变量。该研究基于1375名年龄在15至49岁之间的具有代表性的女性样本。数据显示，大多数女性在进行绝育手术时使用的是私营医疗保健部门。年轻女性、受教育程度低的女性、失业女性、处于事实婚姻关系中的女性以及青少年时期生育子女的女性，在进行绝育手术时更多地使用公共服务。一个已被充分证实的事实是，具有上述特征的女性在社会经济方面比受过教育、已婚且有工作的女性更加贫困。因此，可以预料，这组女性没有利用私营医疗保健系统所需的经济资源。
