Female undergraduate attitude toward distribution of the birth control pill on the campus

Autor: Fredrick Koenig, Harriet Falkenstein
Rok vydání: 1972
Předmět:
Economics
Distribution (economics)
Health Services Accessibility
Birth control
Contraceptive Agents
Female
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Population Characteristics
Psychology
Health Services Administration
media_common
Marketing of Health Services
education.field_of_study
Data Collection
Religion
Health psychology
Contraception
Health
Organization and Administration
Family planning
Family Planning Services
Pill
Developed country
medicine.medical_specialty
Social Psychology
media_common.quotation_subject
Population
education
Developing country
Sampling Studies
Education
Contraceptive Agents
medicine
Students
Developing Countries
Behavior
Medical education
business.industry
Developed Countries
Research
United States
Health Planning
Attitude
Family medicine
North America
Americas
business
Delivery of Health Care
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
Contraceptives
Oral
Zdroj: Journal of Youth and Adolescence. 1:197-201
ISSN: 1573-6601
0047-2891
DOI: 10.1007/bf01537073
Popis: 150 randomly selected female undergraduates participated in a survey on their attitudes toward distribution of contraceptive pills by the University Health Center. The students were interviewed on their general background, their opinion on the contraceptive distribution, and their reasons for their opinion. 72% of the students surveyed approved of the contraceptive distribution, 62% for reasons of individual freedom and 21% specifically to prevent pregnancy. 47% of those who disagreed with the distribution did so for health reasons, and 38% thought it would promote promiscuity. The students were also administered the Nettler Alienation Scale, and those scoring high on that scale were also more likely to approve of the distribution. Catholics and freshmen were less likely to approve. It is concluded that the college community values are a strong determiner of the attitudes towards birth control, since upperclassmen and more alienated students showed the highest acceptance.
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