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Predictors of Contraceptive Practice for Low-Income Women in Cali, Colombia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Alan M. Sear
Alan M. Sear
Affiliation:
International Institute for the Study of Human Reproduction, Columbia University, New York
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Summary

An attempt has been made to determine which of several social, demographic and economic variables best account for the variance in contraceptive use in a low-income, urban Colombian population. The results indicated that of the independent variables included, occurrence or non-occurrence of intercourse in the past month, education, employment status, marital status and age were the best predictors, in that order. Altogether these factors accounted for 17% of the variance in contraceptive use and 87% of the variance within the model. The remaining variables had relatively little predictive utility; and this was particularly true for interspousal communication, race and religious commitment.

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Research Article
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Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 7 , Issue 2 , April 1975 , pp. 171 - 188
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1975

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