Perceived partner fertility desires and influence on contraceptive use*

Abstract

Background: Perceived discordance of fertility desires may be more common among couples with certain sociodemographic characteristics and may lead to lower contraceptive use.

Methods: Using nationally representative data from adults ages 15–49 in France in 2010, we analysed associations between sociodemographic characteristics, perceived discordance of fertility desires and contraceptive use with design-based logistic regression.

Results: Only 8% of participants perceived discordant fertility desires while 92% perceived concordance with partner fertility desire. Discordance varied by age and relationship duration and by the presence of children from previous relationships. Perceived discordance was not associated with use of a hormonal or highly effective method. Beyond own intentions, perception of a partner’s fertility desires was associated with using a highly effective method among participants using any method.

Conclusions: Engaging men and couples in family planning programmes may be important for achieving both partners’ desired fertility goals.

Chinese abstract

背景：生育意愿的不一致可能在具有一定社会人口学特征的夫妇中更为常见, 并可能导致避孕药具的使用率降低。

方法：我们应用法国2010年年龄在15-49岁的成年人具有代表性的数据, 用Logistic回归分析了社会人口学特征、生育意愿不一致与避孕药具使用之间的联系。

结果：仅有8%的受试者生育意愿不一致, 而92%的配偶生育意愿一致。不一致随着年龄和关系的持续时间及之前关系中已有孩子的出现而变化。认识不一致与激素的使用或者其他高效的方法无关。除了自己的意图之外, 在使用所有方法的参与者中, 感知伴侣的生育欲望与使用一种高效方法有关。

结论：让男性和夫妇参与计划生育对于实现双方的生育目标都很重要。

Keywords:

• Couples
• fertility desires
• contraceptive use
• France

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.