TY - JOUR
T1 - Factors Associated with Support for Adolescent Access to Contraception Among Mexican Catholic Parents
AU - Küng, Stephanie A.
AU - Saavedra-Avendano, Biani
AU - Vélez, Evelyn Aldaz
AU - Piñeros, María Consuelo Mejía
AU - Metcalfe, Gillian M.Fawcett
AU - Darney, Blair G.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, The Author(s).
PY - 2021/6
Y1 - 2021/6
N2 - We used a nationally representative survey of 2186 Mexican Catholic parents to assess two outcomes: support for adolescent access to modern contraception and whether adolescents unaccompanied by an adult should have access to contraceptive methods. A majority (85%) of Mexican Catholic parents support adolescent access to modern contraceptive methods, but there was less support (28%) for access to contraception unaccompanied. Further, our results show strong support (92%) for sex education in schools. Parents who believe that good Catholics can use contraception had higher odds of support for adolescent access and unaccompanied access to modern contraception. Mexican Catholic parents support adolescent access to modern contraception, but support for unaccompanied access to contraception is lower. This may reflect an interest in being involved, and not necessarily opposition to contraceptive use. Measures of Catholicism that focus on behaviors may better explain opinions about adolescent access to contraception.
AB - We used a nationally representative survey of 2186 Mexican Catholic parents to assess two outcomes: support for adolescent access to modern contraception and whether adolescents unaccompanied by an adult should have access to contraceptive methods. A majority (85%) of Mexican Catholic parents support adolescent access to modern contraceptive methods, but there was less support (28%) for access to contraception unaccompanied. Further, our results show strong support (92%) for sex education in schools. Parents who believe that good Catholics can use contraception had higher odds of support for adolescent access and unaccompanied access to modern contraception. Mexican Catholic parents support adolescent access to modern contraception, but support for unaccompanied access to contraception is lower. This may reflect an interest in being involved, and not necessarily opposition to contraceptive use. Measures of Catholicism that focus on behaviors may better explain opinions about adolescent access to contraception.
KW - Adolescents
KW - Catholicism
KW - Contraception/family planning
KW - Latin America and the Caribbean
KW - Measuring religiosity
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U2 - 10.1007/s10943-021-01186-w
DO - 10.1007/s10943-021-01186-w
M3 - Article
C2 - 33550424
AN - SCOPUS:85100613495
SN - 0022-4197
VL - 60
SP - 1600
EP - 1612
JO - Journal of Religion and Health
JF - Journal of Religion and Health
IS - 3
ER -