Use of contraceptive methods in Spain: results of a national survey☆

Satisfaction among women: Differences between current users of barrier (male condom) and non-barrier methods

“…Among all contraceptive methods, the most preferred method in our study group was the male condom in concordance with the studies performed in Spain and Greece 8,9 . However, our results were higher than the figures of other studies conducted in different regions of Turkey and of the 'Turkey Population and Health Survey 2003' which had reported that the IUD was the most preferred contraceptive method 4,10-12 .…”

“…In two studies performed by Baveja et al and Hsiao et al it was reported that any differences were observed in the average age of women accepting different types of contraceptive method confirming our result (Table 2) 7,13 . Besides, many researchers had agreed that OCP was the most popular method among younger women, and IUD was preferred mostly by women who were older, whereas it had been reported that condom use was in equal proportions among all age groups 4,8,9,14,15 .…”

Contraceptive use patterns among Spanish single youth

“…A proper understanding of the factors associated with contraceptive method choice is also important for evaluating and improving the quality of reproductive health care. This study [15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24], this means a population of 113,743 young women and 167,824 young men exposed to the risk of unplanned pregnancy and STIs.…”

“…In 2001, among 15-19-year-olds, the fertility rate was 9.9 births per 1000 women, the pregnancy rate was 18.2 per 1000 women, and the abortion rate was 8.3 abortions per 1000 women, which are below the levels found in most European countries 15 . However, other indicators, such as the abortion ratio (proportion of pregnancies, excluding miscarriages, that end up in abortion), which was 45.5% for the [15][16][17][18][19] 16 . The objective of this study is to estimate the level of contraceptive protection among unmarried youth and to identify the socio-demographic factors that influence contraceptive use as well as method choice.…”

“…The monitoring of contraceptive prevalence rates in Spain has been typically based on data collected in nationally representative demographic surveys, such as the 1985 Fertility Survey, the 1995 Family and Fertility Survey, and the 1999 Fertility Survey, and more recently in surveys specifically focused on contraception 17 . However, since most surveys cover the entire population of reproductive age, information on sexual activity among the unmarried population is not always collected, and if collected, sample sizes for sexually active unmarried youth tend to be too small to perform meaningful analyses.…”