Showing papers by "Cochrane Collaboration published in 1973"
TL;DR: Even the small relationships found between age at first conception and pregnancy wastage would lend support for providing better contraceptive services to young women married and unmarried with the goal of postponing this first pregnancy.
Abstract: Data from 2 different cultures were compared in order to examine the relationship between female early sexual experiences and eventual pregna ncy wastage. The comparison was made between a North Carolina group of low-income blacks assumed to be sexually permissive and a Costa Rican sampling of primarily low-income white and Indian women a sexually restricted group. It was found that age at first marriage age at first intercourse and age the woman first learned about contraception had little relationship with an eventual level of pregnancy wastage. Only the age of first conception correlated with pregnancy wastage. In the U nited States sampling age at first conception related to pregnancy wasta ge but the differences were small. The Costa Rican sampling showed this same relationship only for the youngest women in the sampling. High levels of pregnancy wastage which correlate with early ages of first conception are also thought to eventuate in higher fertility levels. Even the small relationships found between age at first conception and pregnancy wastage would lend support for providing better contraceptive services to young women married and unmarried with the goal of postponing this first pregnancy.