Work

Analysis of oral contraceptive use through multiple decrement life table techniques

Year: 1970

Type: article

Abstract: Multiple decrement life table technique is used to analyze the oral contraceptive use in a sample of once married women in Metropolitan Toronto. The overall pattern in the Canadian data is found to be essentially similar to that found in the U. S. Continuation rates show differences by cause of decrement. Two types of rates, net and absolute, are presented, and the relationship between single decrement continuation rates and total continuation rates is examined. Some problems of clinical versus retrospective sample survey data in studies of contraceptive effectiveness are commented on.

Source: Demography

DOI: 10.2307/2060238

Authors: T. R. Balakrishnan, J. D. Allingham, J. F. Kantner

Institutions: Western University, Johns Hopkins University

Language: English

Topic: Reproductive Health and Contraception

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: Brown University