Fertility and Contraception Among Low-Income Child Abusing and Neglecting Mothers in Baltimore, MD, 1984-1985

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Fertility and Contraception Among Low-Income Child Abusing and Neglecting Mothers in Baltimore, MD, 1984-1985

Investigators: Susan J. Zuvarin

Publication Date: March 23, 2016

Fertility and Contraception Among Low-Income Child Abusing and Neglecting Mothers in Baltimore, MD, 1984-1985

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The purpose of this study was to generate information about the fertility patterns and contracepting behaviors of mothers who personally neglect their children and mothers who either physically abuse or allow someone else to physically abuse their children. Specific objectives were:

To describe and compare the fertility patterns--family size, family spacing, age at first birth, number of sires per family, and number of unplanned children--of maltreating and comparable non-maltreating mothers. To describe and compare the contracepting behaviors of maltreating and comparable nonmaltreating mothers. To identify demographic, personal, and social factors associated with family inadequacy by urban, public assistance mothers and to determine if these factors differ by type of maltreatment. To recommend family planning delivery strategies that will assist maltreating mothers and other ineffective contraceptors to more adequately control their fertility.

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