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Published on: July 10, 2017
Factors Associated with Support for Adolescent Access to Contraception Among Mexican Catholic Parents
Stephanie A Küng1, Biani Saavedra-Avendano2, Evelyn Aldaz Vélez3
1Ipas, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. stephanie.a.kung@gmail.com.
Abstract:
We used a nationally representative survey of 2186 Mexican Catholic parents to assess two outcomes: support for adolescent access to modern contraception and whether adolescents unaccompanied by an adult should have access to contraceptive methods. A majority (85%) of Mexican Catholic parents support adolescent access to modern contraceptive methods, but there was less support (28%) for access to contraception unaccompanied. Further, our results show strong support (92%) for sex education in schools. Parents who believe that good Catholics can use contraception had higher odds of support for adolescent access and unaccompanied access to modern contraception. Mexican Catholic parents support adolescent access to modern contraception, but support for unaccompanied access to contraception is lower. This may reflect an interest in being involved, and not necessarily opposition to contraceptive use. Measures of Catholicism that focus on behaviors may better explain opinions about adolescent access to contraception.
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