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Factors Associated with Married Iranian Women's Contraceptive Use in Turku, Finland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2022

Filio Degni ,
Ansa Ojanlatva  and
Birgitta Essen
Filio Degni
Affiliation:
Department of Public Health, University of Turku, Finland
Ansa Ojanlatva
Affiliation:
Department of Teacher Education and the Institute of Biomedicine for Reproductive and Development Medicine, University of Turku, Finland
Birgitta Essen
Affiliation:
Department of International Maternal and Child Health and the Department of Women's and Children's Health, Uppsala University, Sweden
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Abstract

Iranians are one of Finland's major immigrant groups. Like other asylum seekers in Finland, the Iranians brought with them their own cultural practices, attitudes and beliefs regarding marriage and family structure. The aim of this research was to study factors associated with married Iranian women's contraceptive use in Finland. A total of 120 married women with more than one child were interviewed in Turku, a costal city situated about 200km from Helsinki, the capital of Finland. The questionnaires gathered information about the respondents' socio-demographic status, knowledge and use of contraception, number of children, length of time in Finland, education level and other social characteristics. Our research shows that the social factors that are associated with the Iranian women's contraceptive use are mainly due to changes in their conditions of life and adaptation to the Finnish society.

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Iranian Studies , Volume 43 , Issue 3 , June 2010 , pp. 379 - 390
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Copyright © 2010 The International Society for Iranian Studies

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