Characteristics of Contraceptive Use in So Paulo State,Brazil

• 作 者: Elisabeth Meloni Vieira Rita Badiani Amaury Léis Dal Fabbro Antonio Luiz Rodrigues Junior
• 机 构: Departamento de Medicina Social da Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeiro Preto da Universidade de So Pa
• 出 处: Journal of Reproduction and Contraception
• 发表日期: 2006年02期
• 关键词: Brazil married sexually women declined Female fertility creased trained autonomy

Objective To know the characteristics of contraceptive use in So Paulo State collected by the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) conducted in 1996. Methods Data of So Paulo in 1996 were analyzed compared with the previous DHS carried on in 1986 focusing on So Paulo State. Contraceptive use among married or cohabiting women by age, number of children and schooling was closely examined. Age and timing of female sterilization were also analyzed. Results The results showed that unlike Brazil there was a stability of female sterilization in So Paulo State during 1986 and 1996. There was a pattern in So Paulo: up to 30 years old the pill was the most used contraceptive, after 30 there was a predominance of female sterilization, which increased with the number of children and decreased with schooling. The use of male methods had also increased in the 1986 and 1996 period, being greater in So Paulo than in Brazil. So Paulo also presented more diversity in the use of reversible contraceptives. Conclusions The predominant two contraceptive methods in Brazil and So Paulo changed from 1986 to 1996, i.e. from pill to female sterilization.

Objective To know the characteristics of contraceptive use in So Paulo State collected by the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) conducted in 1996. Methods Data of So Paulo in 1996 were processed compared with the previous DHS carried on in 1986 focusing on So Paulo State. Contraceptive use among married or cohabiting women by age, number of children and schooling was closely examined. Age and timing of female killed were also analyzed. Results The results showed that unlike Brazil there was a stability of female So Paulo State during 1986 and 1996. There was a pattern in So Paulo: up to 30 years old the pill was the most used contraceptive, after 30 there was a predominance of female death, which increased with the number of children And decreased with schooling. The use of male methods had also increased in the 1986 and 1996 period, being greater in São Paulo than in Brazil. So Paulo also presented more diversity in the use of rever Sible contraceptives. Conclusions The predominant two contraceptive methods in Brazil and So Paulo changed from 1986 to 1996, i.e. from pill to female.