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Different contraceptive practicesUse of contraceptives in Finland and other Nordic countries in the 1970s and 1980sKatri Makkonen Department of Public Health University of Helsinki Haartmaninkatu 3 00290 Helsinki, Finland
From the Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Haartmaninkatu 3, 00290 Helsinki, Finland Contraceptive practices, especially oral contraceptive and intrauterine device use, were studied in four Nordic countries by recalculating published and unpublished data from previous surveys and statistics and by collecting new data from Finland. The sales of oral contraceptives were presented in defined daily doses, and the percentages of women using oral contraceptives were estimated from them. The percentages of intrauterine device users were calculated taking into account the number of intrauterine devices sold each year and the continuation of use from previous years. The results of the surveys were reanalyzed. We found clear differences in contraceptive practices. Oral contraceptive use was most prevalent in Sweden and Denmark, and, especially at the end of the 1970s, Finnish intrauterine device use was very high. In the 1980s the differences dimished somewhat. These disparities in culturally and economically similar countries indicate that further research is needed to evaluate the factors influencing contraceptive practices.
Key Words: contraceptive practices • intrauterine contraception • oral contraception.
Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, Vol. 19, No. 1,
32-38 (1991) |
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