Contraceptive Behaviors Unaffected by Welfare Reform: A Pilot Study

Abstract

This study examined Ohio female welfare recipients' awareness of Ohio Works First or welfare reform law, and their contraceptive attitudes and behaviors. A convenience sample of 123 welfare recipients participated in the study. As a group, participants had low awareness levels of Ohio's welfare reform law. Those participants who had higher welfare reform knowledge levels had more positive contraceptive attitudes than those with lower welfare reform knowledge levels. Welfare reform knowledge level, however, had no impact on contraceptive behavior among this group of recipients.