Abstract
Background
Vasectomy has been found to be a highly cost-effective contraceptive method. For couples,
tubal sterilization and vasectomy have the same result, but the two methods are used
by different segments of the population.
Study design
We conducted an analysis of data from male and female samples of the 2006���2008 National
Survey of Family Growth, nationally representative samples of men and women in the
United States aged 15���44 years.
Results
Among married men, 13.1% reported vasectomies (95% confidence interval 10.4%���16.3%),
compared to 21.1% (17.8%���24.9%) of married women who reported tubal sterilizations.
Men with higher education and income had greater prevalence of vasectomy than those
less educated, while women with lower education and income had the highest prevalence
of tubal sterilization.
Conclusions
Efforts to promote vasectomy use need to understand the reasons behind these differences.
Increasing the availability and use of vasectomy will require education about its
benefits.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: December 02, 2011
Accepted:
October 17,
2011
Received in revised form:
October 14,
2011
Received:
September 26,
2011
Footnotes
���Disclaimer: The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
������No funding was provided for this study.
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