Continuation of contraception by low income women: a one year follow-up.

Factors associated with rapid subsequent pregnancies among school-age mothers.

“…The findings in this paper are similar to those in several other studies, most recently that of Siegel et al 3 Their figures show a continuation rate for the pill at one year of only 48% for women who completed no more than the eighth grade. They found that surprisingly few factors assumed to be related to contraceptive use were actually predictive, other than demographic and educational variables.…”

Family planning--changes in attitudes and practices among low income women between 1967 and 1970-71.

“…4 Table I highlights the follow up experience by selected characteristics of women interviewed in 1967.…”

“…We have presented results of several of these investigations in a series of earlier papers. [1][2][3][4] This report focuses on changes relevant to family planning over the period 1967 to 1970-71 as determined by interviews of a cohort of women residing in 23 low-income census tracts in Charlotte. Associations between certain characteristics of the women, observed in 1967, and the extent of subsequent changes in selected knowledge, attitudes and practices relevant to family planning (KAP) and socioeconomic indices are explored.…”