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dc.contributor.authorSevoyan, Arusyak
dc.contributor.authorAgadjanian, Victor
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-17T15:08:26Z
dc.date.available2016-10-17T15:08:26Z
dc.date.issued2013-09
dc.identifier.citationSevoyan, 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.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/21740
dc.description.abstractCONTEXT: 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.publisherGuttmacher Instituteen_US
dc.titleContraception and Abortion in a Low-Fertility Setting: The Role of Seasonal Migrationen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
kusw.kuauthorAgadjanian, Victor
kusw.kudepartmentSociologyen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1363/3912413en_US
kusw.oaversionScholarly/refereed, publisher versionen_US
kusw.oapolicyThis item does not meet KU Open Access policy criteria.en_US
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