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  • Title: Contraception in Europe.
    Author: Kestelman P.
    Journal: IPPF Eur Reg Inf; 1979 Jan; 8(1):1-2. PubMed ID: 12178338.
    Abstract:
    A summary is presented of information on contraceptive use in Great Britain, Denmark, Sweden, Belgium, Italy, and Poland. Data from England and Wales compare 1) methods used by fathers to those used by mothers of different legitimate births in 1973 and 2) methods used by mothers to those used by ever-married women 16-40 years old in 1975. Oral contraceptives were most often used, followed by condoms. The last contraceptive used by pregnant women in Denmark in 1977-1978 was most likely the condom (37%) followed by oral contraceptives (30%). Women 14-45 years old in Sweden in 1977 favored oral contraceptives (31%), the condom (20%), and the IUD (19%), with 25% using no method. Married, Dutch-speaking Belgium women age 16-44 years in 1975-1976 used withdrawal (33%), oral contraceptives (32%), and the rhythm method (16%). When analyzed by age, younger women favored oral contraceptives (43% versus 32% nonappliance) whereas older women favored nonappliance methods (59% versus 25% oral contraceptives). People 18-64 years old in Italy used withdrawal as the main contraceptive method (29%) followed by oral contraceptives (22%), and condoms (16%). Of Polish women, 43% used no method, 51% nonappliance methods, and 12% barrier methods. A greater number of rural women used no method (51% as compared to 39% of urban women). Addresses from which to obtain more detailed information in each country are given.
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