Wanting children.

Miller, Carolee

doi:10.2105/ajph.82.3.341

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“…Baydar (1995) related that an awareness of the consequences of wantedness is essential to the evaluation of intervention programs, including issues related to contraception use and access to abortion. Moreover, Miller (1992) related that the association between unwanted childbearing and participation in health-promoting programs is important, in that the "motivational factors associated with reluctant parenthood surely play a role contributing to low utilization rates" (p. 342). Thus, program interventions that alleviate some of the negative circumstances associated with unwanted pregnancies may work to reduce the health and developmental disadvantages experienced by these children.…”

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“…Other studies also support this possibility. Pregnancy unwantedness has been associated with inadequate prenatal care utilization and maternal alcohol and tobacco use (Kost, Landry, & Darroch, 1998;Miller, 1992;Weller, Eberstein, & Bailey, 1987) and higher risks of low birth weight and infant mortality (Sable et al, 1997;Hummer, Schmertmann, Eberstein, & Kelly, 1995;Marsiglio & Mott, 1988). Indeed, a well-publicized report published by the Institute of Medicine (1995) concluded that women who did not intend to become pregnant were more likely to expose their fetus to harmful substances and that these infants were at greater risk of poor birth outcomes, such as low birth weight.…”

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Retrospective Reports of Pregnancy Wantedness and Child Well-Being in the United States

Hummer

Hack

Raley

2004

Journal of Family Issues

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Survey estimates indicate that about one half of all U.S. pregnancies that result in birth are reported as unwanted or mistimed. As a result, there is substantial interest in the association between pregnancy wantedness and infant and child well-being. The objective of this study is to expand our knowledge of the effects of pregnancy wantedness on several measures of child well-being using the National Maternal and Infant Health Survey-Longitudinal Follow-up data. The results indicate that pregnancies retrospectively classified as unwanted or mistimed are associated with overall worse measures of child well-being across all three out come measures that are employed. These associations are generally weakened, but not eliminated, with controls for a number of biologic and social risk factor control variables. Program interventions that alleviate some of the negative circumstances associated with unwanted and mistimed pregnancies may work to reduce the health and developmental disadvantages experienced by these children.

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Retrospective Reports of Pregnancy Wantedness and Child Well-Being in the United States

Hummer

Hack

Raley

2004

Journal of Family Issues

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“…Unintended birth rates increased from 24.6 in 1982 to 26.5 in 1987 (Forrest and Singh 1990). Almost a third of the unintended pregnancies in the U.S. were to women who wanted no more children (Miller 1992). Indeed, the most recent National Survey of Family Growth (1988) showed "an increase in unwanted births for the first time since the widespread acceptance of the most effective methods of contraception" (Williams 1990; Williams and Pratt 1990).…”

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Restructuring Federalism: The Impact of Reagan Policies on the Family Planning Program

McFarlane¹,

Meier²

1993

Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law

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Through fiscal cutbacks and structural changes, Reagan's federalism assaulted the ethos of public health. In assessing the effects of Reagan policies on a basic public health program, family planning services, we find a substantial decrease in spending for this program, a reduction in the numbers of patients served, and increased variation among the states in the provision of services to low-income women. These effects are comparable with findings from other studies on the impact of Reagan's federalism upon social programs and have manifold implications for public health.

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“…A number of studies have examined the effect of unintended, or unplanned, pregnancy on aspects of infant and child outcomes (David, 1992;Miller, 1992;), but fewer have assessed the effects of unintended pregnancy on women's well-being. Some recent research suggests that unintended pregnancy may have negative effects on the health and well-being of women as well.…”

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Unintended Pregnancy and Women’s Psychological Well-Being in Indonesia

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Few studies have examined the impact of unintended pregnancy on women in developing countries. This paper examines the impact of unintended pregnancy on Indonesian women's psychological well-being. It is hypothesized that experiencing unintended pregnancy is associated with lower psychological well-being and that use of family planning and small family size are associated with higher levels of psychological well-being. Data are drawn from a 1996 survey of 796 women aged 15-49 from two Indonesian provinces, Lampung and South Sumatra. This article focuses on the 71% of women (n=562) who answered all 41 survey items related to psychological well-being. In cluster analysis, women grouped into three clusters, differentiated by their scores on four scales of well-being established through factor analysis (general negative feelings, satisfaction with relationships, satisfaction with economic/family/personal conditions, and negative feelings regarding domestic issues). Women in cluster 3 were characterized mainly by their high level of psychological well-being. Women in cluster 1 had the lowest level of well-being, and women in cluster 2 were in the middle. Multinomial logistic regression was used to assess jointly the effect of unintended pregnancy, contraceptive use, number of children and other factors on a woman's level of psychological well-being. Unintended pregnancy was associated with lower levels of psychological well-being and contraceptive use was associated with higher levels of psychological well-being, while number of children was not associated with level of well-being. Women who had experienced an unintended pregnancy were less likely to be in the high psychosocial wellbeing cluster versus both the medium and low clusters. In addition, women using contraception were more likely to be classified in the high than in the low or medium well-being clusters. 617

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Wanting children.

Cited by 8 publications

References 6 publications

Retrospective Reports of Pregnancy Wantedness and Child Well-Being in the United States

Retrospective Reports of Pregnancy Wantedness and Child Well-Being in the United States

Restructuring Federalism: The Impact of Reagan Policies on the Family Planning Program

Unintended Pregnancy and Women’s Psychological Well-Being in Indonesia

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