Young adults' contraceptive practices : an investigation of influences. 1980.

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Young adults' contraceptive practices : an investigation of influences. 1980.

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This 1981 study focused on contraceptive risk taking among college students. It used a model incorporating both social psychological and informational factors in contraceptive nonuse to identify influences which might be amenable to intervention through public policy. The sample consists of 283 college students, aged 18-22, from the New England area. The sample is primarily white, one-half Catholic, and two-thirds female. Colleges were chosen so as to include an equal proportion of public and private, rural and urban schools. The sample was drawn from college classes selected through personal contacts. A 30-45 minute precoded, self-administered questionnaire was passed out to students during class and was returned by respondents either inside or outside of class. The questionnaire included basic demographic information; variables on religiosity, health-related risk taking, knowledge of reproduction and contraception, perceptions of pregnancy and contraceptive-related risks; and attitudes about sex, peer norms, relationships with persons of the opposite sex, and various personality traits. Questionnaires, computer-accessible data, and codebooks are available at the Murray Center. Unanalyzed data from students who were married or over 22 are also kept at the Center.

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