From Incidental to Planned Parenthood: Results of the Second National Fertility Survey in Belgium

ISBN-13: 9789020706536 / Angielski / Miękka / 1977 / 145 str.

R. L. Cliquet; R. C. Schoenmaeckers

Opis

In 1971, the Dutch-language branch of the Population and Family Study Centre (CBGS)* of the Department of Public Health and the Family organized, in collaboration with investigators from the Rijksuniversiteit Gent, the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, and the Vrije Universiteit Brussels, the Second National Fertility Survey in Belgium (NEGO 11)** (Cliquet et al. , 1970). NEGO II was a result of and related to the First National Fertility Survey performed in Belgium (NEGO I) in 1966 (Cliquet, 1967; Morsa, 1967). Both of these surveys were modelled on the Growth of American Families (GAF) studies performed at fiveyear intervals in the United States since 1955 (Freedman et al. , 1959; Whelpton et al. , 1966; Ryder and Westoff, 1971). Meanwhile, plans were made for the Third National Survey (NEGO III) in Belgium (CBGS Annual Report, 1975, 54). The CBGS fertility surveys (NEGO I-II-III) form part of the interdisciplinary research programme on the mating and reproductive behaviour of the Belgian population. In addition to these surveys, special investigations are performed in the Departments of Gynaecology and Obstetrics of various universities in Belgium. In the American surveys and similar studies done in many other countries, particularly those performed as part of the World Fertility Survey, the main emphasis has been given to the socio-demographic investigation of realized fertility and family planning. The approach applied by the CBGS has from the start placed these problems, both thematically and scientifically, in a wider perspective.

Spis treści

1. The Second National Fertility Survey 1971 (NEGO II).- 1.1. Objectives.- 1.2. The questionnaire.- 1.3. The sample.- 1.4. The organization of the survey and the analysis of the data.- 1.5. Results.- 1.6. The national survey of 1966 (NEGO I).- 2. Ideal, Desired, Present, and Expected Family Size.- 2.1. The evaluation of statements about desired and expected family size.- 2.2. Definition of the family-size variables.- 2.3. Results for Belgium.- 2.4. Differential fertility.- 2.4.1. Fertility differentiation according to cultural community.- 2.4.2. Relationship between family size and some cultural and economic variables.- 2.5. Conclusions.- 3. Familiarity with and Source of Information about Methods of Contraception.- 3.1. Awareness of contraceptive methods.- 3.2. Source of information about methods of contraception.- 3.3. Relationships with a number of cultural and socio-economic variables.- 3.4. Shifts between 1966 and 1971.- 3.5. Evaluation of the general situation.- 4. Use of Contraception.- 4.1. Past, present and future use.- 4.2. Changes in use.- 4.2.1. Shifts between 1966 and 1971.- 4.2.2. Shifts within the 1971 sample.- 4.3. Duration of the use of contraception.- 4.4. Mode of application.- 4.4.1. Risks.- 4.4.2. Motivation for the use and change in the use of contraception.- 4.5. The relationship with some cultural and economic variables.- 4.6. Evaluation of the situation.- 5. Effectiveness of Contraception.- 5.1. Concepts underlying the statistical analysis applied.- 5.2. The number of accidental pregnancies.- 5.3. Effectiveness of contraception in general.- 5.4. The effectiveness of particular contraception methods.- 5.5. Implications for the estimation of the frequency of induced abortion.- 5.6. Evaluation of the situation.- 6. From Planning Behaviour To Planning Result.- 6.1. Planning status of the pregnancies and of the subjects.- 6.2. The relationship with the fertility history.- 6.2.1. Relationships with some fertility characteristics.- 6.2.1.1. Relationships with pregnancy number and interval.- 6.2.1.2. Relationships with some biological fertility characteristics.- 6.2.2. Relationship with fertility-regulating behavior.- 6.2.2.1. Influence of the planning behaviour in a preceding interval on the planning behaviourn in the next interval.- 6.2.2.2. Influence of planning result in a preceding interval on the planning result in the next interval.- 6.2.2.3. The interrelationship between planning behaviour and planning result.- 6.3. Relationships with some cultural and socio-economic variables.- 6.4. Evaluation of the situation.- 7. The Relationship Between Contraceptional Behaviour and Some Sexual Aspects of the Partner Relation.- 7.1. The investigation of some sexual aspects of the partner relation in NEGO II.- 7.2. The relationship between knowledge about contraception methods and some sexual aspects of the partner relation.- 7.3. The relationship between the use of contraception and the sexual aspects of the partner relation.- 7.4. The relationship between the family-planning pattern, its results, and some sexual aspects of the partner relation.- 7.5. Evaluation of the situation.- 8. The Influence of Contraceptive Behaviour on Family Size.- 8.1. The interrelationships between cultural and economic differentiation, the use of various methods of contraception, and differences in family size.- 8.2. The influence of changes in the use of the methods of contraception under study on the decrease in family size between 1966 and 1971.- 8.3. Evaluation of the situation.- 9. Conclusions and Implications for Policy.- References.