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Sex in Australia: Reproductive experiences and reproductive health among a representative sample of women

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posted on 2023-06-07, 18:37 authored by Anthony M A Smith, Chris E Rissel, Juliet Richters, Andrew E Grulich, Richard De VisserRichard De Visser
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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  • Published

Journal

Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health

ISSN

1326-0200

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

Issue

2

Volume

27

Page range

204-209

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  • Psychology Publications

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2012-02-06

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