Artigo Acesso aberto Revisado por pares

Contraceptive sterilization in Puerto Rico

1986; Springer Science+Business Media; Volume: 23; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2307/2061435

ISSN

1533-7790

Autores

Charles W. Warren, Charles F. Westoff, Joan M. Herold, Roger Rochat, J. Carson Smith,

Tópico(s)

Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics

Resumo

Abstract For twenty years Puerto Rico has had the world’s highest prevalence of sterilization. From the 1982 Puerto Rico Fertility and Family Planning Assessment we examine whether the probability of obtaining sterilization is changing and what impact sterilization has on fertility, finding that the use of contraceptive sterilization has not declined and will probably continue to increase in Puerto Rico. Nonuse rather than temporary methods of contraception is the second most likely circumstance after sterilization. We also find that sterilization has reduced the total marital fertility rate by over 33 percent, thus having a significant effect on reducing the rate of natural increase; by all indications, it will have a greater effect in the future.

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