Motivational factors affecting contraceptive use

A study was made of ninety-five per cent of married and unmarried women who were delivered at North Carolina Memorial Hospital during the summers of 1968–1969. The patients were interviewed on the second or third day post partum in an effort to determine: (1) knowledge of birth control methods; (2) use of birth control methods in this and other pregnancies; (3) consistency of use of birth control methods; (4) number of planned pregnancies; (5) whether their family was larger than desired and the reasons therefore; (6) demographic data relating to age, sex, education, etc. Results of these interviews are presented.