Birth Control Services
- Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to describe the birth control services in England and Wales (birth control services were interpreted broadly to include sterilization and therapeutic abortion as well as conventional methods) and also to study variations in services between areas. The Birth Control Services study consisted of 5 surveys: General Practitioners, health visitors and midwives, consultant general surgeons and urologists, consultant psychiatrists, consultants in obstetrics and gynaecology.
- Main Topics/Subject Category
- General Practitioners (GPs), health visitors and midwives, consultant general surgeons and urologists, consultant psychiatrists, consultants in obstetrics and gynaecology.
- Variables
- See study questionnaire for Birth Control Services, 1970, General Practitioners at: http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/[…]/402%5Cmrdoc%5Cpdf%5Ca0402uab.pdf
- Keywords
- England and Wales, abortion (induced), age, attitudes, birth control methods, contraceptive devices, disadvantaged groups, family planning, gender, health services, medical centres, physicians, population education, religious affiliation, singles
- Identifier Variables
- N/A
- Area of Health System
- Primary care
- Data collecting organization (s)
- Institute for Social Studies in Medical Care
- Data Type
- Survey (cross-sectional)
- National/Regional
- National
- Coverage (date of field work)
- 1970
- Unit of Analysis
- Individual
- Sample
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Sample size ranges from 374 - 1276 cases
- Availability
- ESDS Access and Preservation, UK Data Archive
- Conditions of Access
- Free registration access
- Link
- http://www.esds.ac.uk/findi[…]=33085&subcat=XIV%5C%25
- Contact
- help@esds.ac.uk
- Publications
- Cartwright A and Waite M. General practitioners and abortion. Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners. 1972; 22 (Suppl. 1)