dc.contributor.author | Sevoyan, Arusyak | |
dc.contributor.author | Agadjanian, Victor | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-10-17T15:08:26Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-10-17T15:08:26Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013-09 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Sevoyan, A., & Agadjanian, V. (2013). Contraception and abortion in a low-fertility setting: the role of seasonal migration. International perspectives on sexual and reproductive health, 124-132. | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/21740 | |
dc.description.abstract | CONTEXT: Seasonal labor migration is common among men in many former Soviet republics. Little research has examined contraceptive use and induced abortion among women in such low-fertility, high-migration settings, according to husband's migration status. METHODS: Combined data from 2,280 respondents of two surveys of married women aged 18-45 in rural Armenia-one conducted in 2005 and one in 2007-were used. Logistic regression analyses examined whether a husband's migration status was associated with his wife's current use of the pill or the IUD, or with the probability that she had had a pregnancy that ended in induced abortion. Additional analyses were conducted to determine whether relationships were moderated by household wealth. RESULTS: Women with a migrant husband were less likely than those with a nonmigrant husband to be currently using the pill or the IUD (odds ratio, 0.6); with increased household wealth, the likelihood of method use increased among women with a nonmigrant husband, but decreased slightly among women with a migrant husband. Overall, the probability that a pregnancy ended in abortion did not differ by migration status; however, the likelihood of abortion increased with wealth among women married to a nonmigrant, but not among those married to a migrant. CONCLUSIONS:
Despite their husband's absence, women married to a migrant may have an unwanted pregnancy rate similar to that of women married to a nonmigrant. Improved access to modern contraceptive methods is likely to be positively associated with contraceptive use among women with a nonmigrant husband, but not among those with a migrant husband. | en_US |
dc.publisher | Guttmacher Institute | en_US |
dc.title | Contraception and Abortion in a Low-Fertility Setting: The Role of Seasonal Migration | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
kusw.kuauthor | Agadjanian, Victor | |
kusw.kudepartment | Sociology | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1363/3912413 | en_US |
kusw.oaversion | Scholarly/refereed, publisher version | en_US |
kusw.oapolicy | This item does not meet KU Open Access policy criteria. | en_US |
dc.rights.accessrights | openAccess | |