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Contraceptive Use, Unmet Need for Contraception, and Unintended Pregnancy in a Context of Mexico-U.S. Migration

Year: 2010

Type: article

Abstract: This study examines the impact of migration on contraceptive use, unmet need for contraception, and unintended pregnancy among migrants from Tlacuitapa, Jalisco, a migrant-sending community in Mexico with a long history of out-migration to the United States. Our analysis found that after controlling for demographic factors, being born in the United States and having lived in the United States for at least one year during youth have a statistically significant positive effect on using medical contraception. We also found that having lived in the United States during youth has a negative influence on unmet need, suggesting that exposure to the United States during these formative years may facilitate access to contraception. In terms of migration and unintended pregnancy, our analysis yielded that being born in the United States and having lived in the United States during youth have a positive effect on unintended pregnancies, suggesting that U.S. experience may in fact be a risk factor for, rather than protective against, unintended pregnancy.

Source: OpenEdition (OpenEdition)

Authors: Kathryn Kessler, Shira M. Goldenberg, Liliana Quezada

Language: English

Topic: Reproductive Health and Contraception

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: green

Funders: University of California, San Diego, Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, University of California, San Diego

OpenAlex ID: W201937362

FWCI: 1.593

Cites: 22

Cited by: 16

Related to: 10