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  • Title: Pregnancy planning in Hawaii.
    Author: Steinhoff PG, Palmore JA, Smith PG, Morisky DE, Pion RJ.
    Journal: Fam Plann Perspect; 1975; 7(3):138-42. PubMed ID: 1140348.
    Abstract:
    Figures from the 1970 National Fertility Study indicate an improvement in preventing unwanted fertility during the previous decade. A 1970-1971 study of fertility in Hawaii revealed that only 46% of conceptions and 56% of eventual live births had been planned. Married women over 35 and teen-agers, both married and unmarried, had the greatest proportion of unplanned conceptions. The figures revealed a great unmet need for family planning among unmarried women and teen-agers generally. There exists a differential access to abortion, with younger women having less access. In Hawaii unmarried women terminated unwanted pregnancies more often than married women. Most unwanted pregnancies were found to result from nonuse or inconsistent use of birth control rather than from contraceptive failure. Timing failures, especially for the 1st birth, should receive more attention from family planners.
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