ArticleContraception2018
Contraceptive method use in the United States: trends and characteristics between 2008, 2012 and 2014.
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184 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 439 citations in OpenAlex.
- Strategies to improve adherence and continuation of shorter-term hormonal methods of contraception.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Systematic review of efficacy with extending contraceptive implant duration.International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · 2019Pooled it
- Recent Intimate Partner Violence and Oral Contraceptive Pill Adherence in a Cohort of Reproductive-Aged Women.Journal of women's health (2002) · 2022Trial
- Evaluation of a computerized contraceptive decision aid: A randomized controlled trial.Contraception · 2020Trial
- Efficacy and safety of erenumab in women with a history of menstrual migraine.The journal of headache and pain · 2020Trial
- Birth Control Connect: A randomized trial of an online group to disseminate contraceptive information.Contraception · 2020Trial
- Five-Year Contraceptive Efficacy and Safety of a Levonorgestrel 52-mg Intrauterine System.Obstetrics and gynecology · 2019Trial
- Contraceptive management in people with epilepsy: A narrative review of drug interactions, special populations, and clinical guidance.Epileptic disorders : international epilepsy journal with videotape · 2026Review
- The impact of prior hormonal intrauterine device (IUD) use on endometrial lining thickness in the fertility clinic setting: a retrospective cohort study.Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics · 2026Article
- Contraceptive use and unfulfilled preferences among women ages 15-49 years in the United States, 2022-2023.F&S reports · 2026Article
- Intravesical migration of an intrauterine contraceptive device complicated by giant bladder calculus formation: a case report.International journal of surgery case reports · 2026Article
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- Microbial load and composition of intrauterine device string correlates with symptomatic removals in parous women.Contraception and reproductive medicine · 2025Article
- Socioeconomic Differences in Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptive Use for Achieving U.S. Women's Family Planning Goals: "Right Time" Births.Demography · 2025Article
- Contraceptive hormone ethinyl estradiol but not levonorgestrel modulates the role of reinforcer-enhancement in nicotine self-administration in ovary-intact female Sprague-Dawley rats.Neuropharmacology · 2025Article
- Spontaneous Fracture of Copper Intrauterine Devices: A Decade-Long Retrospective Analysis From a Single Tertiary Center.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2025Article
- When contraception goes rogue: Bladder migration of an intrauterine device presenting as refractory cystitis.Urology case reports · 2025Article
- Racial/Ethnic and Socioeconomic Disparities of Contraceptive Preference-Use Match in the United States.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Article
- Management of abnormal bleeding in etonogestrel-releasing implant users: quo vadis? An exploratory study on the attitudes of a cohort of Italian gynaecologists and review of the literature.Contraception and reproductive medicine · 2025Review
- Contraceptive Use Patterns and Associated Determinants in a Rural Population of Narayanganj District, Bangladesh.Public health challenges · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe objective was to examine levels of, correlates of and changes in the use of individual and grouped methods of contraception among US females aged 15-44 from 2008 to 2014. STUDY
designUsing three rounds of the National Survey of Family Growth, we analyzed samples of 12,279 (2008), 5601 (2012) and 5699 (2014) females. We conducted simple and multivariable logistic regression analyses to identify associations between demographic characteristics and contraceptive use, as well as between characteristics and changes in use patterns.
resultsIn terms of overall trends in contraceptive use between 2008 and 2014, there was no significant change in the proportion of women who used a method among either all women (60%) or those at risk of unintended pregnancy (90%). Significant changes in use occurred among six methods. The largest increase in use was among users of long-acting reversible contraceptive (LARC) methods, including the intrauterine device and implant - from 6% to 14% - across almost all population groups of female contraceptive users, while the largest decrease occurred among users of sterilization - from 37% to 28% - with lower-income women driving the decline in female sterilization and higher-income women driving the decline in a partner's sterilization as a primary method. Moderate increases were seen in the use of withdrawal and natural family planning.
conclusionMost shifts in recent contraceptive use have occurred among the most effective methods - sterilization and LARCs. Differences in method-specific user characteristics underscore the importance of ensuring full access to the broad range of methods available. IMPLICATIONS: The lack of change in the overall use of contraceptives among women at risk for unintended pregnancy may have implications for the extent to which further declines in national rates of unintended pregnancy can be expected.
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