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Natural family planning: A comparison of continuers and discontinuers

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Little research has been done on social-psychological variables related to the use of natural family planning. The objective of this study was to analyze variables that differentiated between continuers and discontinuers of natural family planning (NFP). Questionnaires were obtained from couples who had received instruction in the sympto-thermal method of natural family planning at a large urban hospital. Subjects who were attempting to become pregnant or who were using other methods of contraception in conjunction with NFP were deleted from the analysis, leaving N of 74. With Pearson correlation, variables significantly related (p<.05) to NFP continuance were: religiosity, planning more children, perceived severity of pregnancy, support from spouse and relatives, dissatisfaction with other contraceptive methods, attitudes toward NFP, perceived effectiveness of NFP, attitudes toward abstinence, and importance of intercourse.

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  1. University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada

    Kerry J. Daly & Edward S. Herold

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Reprint requests should be addressed to Dr. Edward S. Herold, Family Studies, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, NIG 2WI.

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Daly, K.J., Herold, E.S. Natural family planning: A comparison of continuers and discontinuers. Popul Environ 6, 231–240 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01363888

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