TY - JOUR
T1 - Sex in Australia
T2 - Reproductive experiences and reproductive health among a representative sample of women
AU - Smith, Anthony M.A.
AU - Rissel, Chris E.
AU - Richters, Juliet
AU - Grulich, Andrew E.
AU - De Visser, Richard O.
PY - 2003/4
Y1 - 2003/4
N2 - Objective: To document the reproductive experiences of a representative sample of Australian women aged 16-59 years. Method: Computer-assisted telephone interviews were completed by a representative sample of 10,173 men and 9,134 women aged 16-59 years from all States and Territories. The overall response rate was 73.1% (69.4% among men, and 77.6% among women). Women were asked the number of times they had experienced a live birth, a still birth, a miscarriage and a termination of pregnancy. Results: Of the women surveyed, 15.5% reported having experienced difficulty in becoming pregnant and 76.1% had been pregnant at least once. Nearly all the women who had been pregnant reported experiencing a live birth. Substantial minorities of women reported having experienced a miscarriage (33.4%) or a termination of pregnancy (22.6%). The percentage of women who reported becoming pregnant the first time as a teenager declined from 22.8% among women aged 50-59 to 16.9% among women aged 20-29. Of those who had had vaginal intercourse, 19.2% had used emergency contraception, 53.3% of them only once. Conclusion: There was clear evidence of substantial changes in the fertility of Australian women over the past 40 years.
AB - Objective: To document the reproductive experiences of a representative sample of Australian women aged 16-59 years. Method: Computer-assisted telephone interviews were completed by a representative sample of 10,173 men and 9,134 women aged 16-59 years from all States and Territories. The overall response rate was 73.1% (69.4% among men, and 77.6% among women). Women were asked the number of times they had experienced a live birth, a still birth, a miscarriage and a termination of pregnancy. Results: Of the women surveyed, 15.5% reported having experienced difficulty in becoming pregnant and 76.1% had been pregnant at least once. Nearly all the women who had been pregnant reported experiencing a live birth. Substantial minorities of women reported having experienced a miscarriage (33.4%) or a termination of pregnancy (22.6%). The percentage of women who reported becoming pregnant the first time as a teenager declined from 22.8% among women aged 50-59 to 16.9% among women aged 20-29. Of those who had had vaginal intercourse, 19.2% had used emergency contraception, 53.3% of them only once. Conclusion: There was clear evidence of substantial changes in the fertility of Australian women over the past 40 years.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2003.tb00809.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2003.tb00809.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 14696712
AN - SCOPUS:0038185376
VL - 27
SP - 204
EP - 209
JO - Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
JF - Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
SN - 1326-0200
IS - 2
ER -