ArticleObstetrics and gynecology2018
Female Sterilization and Cognitive Disability in the United States, 2011-2015.
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- Interpersonal, community, and societal dimensions of reproductive coercion: a sequential multimethod study of victim-survivors.Reproductive health · 2025Article
- The Role of Reproductive Injustice in the Access of Motherhood for Women With Intellectual Disabilities: A Narrative Literature Review.Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARID · 2025Review
- Use of modern contraceptives on the basis of disability severity in Uganda: analysis of the 2016 demographic and health survey.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2025Article
- Victims of eugenic sterilisation in Utah: cohort demographics and estimate of living survivors.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2023Article
- Contraceptive use in women with inherited metabolic disorders: a retrospective study and literature review.Orphanet journal of rare diseases · 2022Review
- Experiences of Women With Disabilities in Accessing and Receiving Contraceptive Care.Journal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing : JOGNN · 2021Article
- Contraceptive Provision and Quality Care Measures for Insured Individuals in Massachusetts Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing.Obstetrics and gynecology · 2021Article
- Contraceptive use at first sexual intercourse among adolescent and young adult women with disabilities: The role of formal sex education.Contraception · 2021Article
- A Mixed Methods Study of Hysterectomy in a U.S. Sample of Deaf Women Who Use American Sign Language.Women's health reports (New Rochelle, N.Y.) · 2021Article
- Clinical, Epidemiologic and Ethical Aspects of Hysterectomy in Young Females With Intellectual Disability: A Multi-Centre Study of Public Hospitals in Mexico City.Frontiers in public health · 2021Article
- Ensuring the Reproductive Rights of Women with Intellectual Disability.Journal of intellectual & developmental disability · 2020Article
- Contraceptive Practices and Reproductive Health Considerations for Adolescent and Adult Women with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: A Review of the Literature.Sexuality and disability · 2019Article
- "It Would Have Been Nice to Have a Choice": Barriers to Contraceptive Decision-making among Women with Disabilities.Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's HealthArticle
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Abstract
objectiveTo compare female sterilization among three mutually exclusive groups of females: 1) those without any self-reported disability, 2) those with noncognitive disabilities (sensory or physical disabilities), and 3) those with cognitive disabilities.
methodsWe conducted a secondary analysis of nationally representative data from the National Survey of Family Growth 2011-2015, which surveyed individuals aged 15-44 years in the U.S. civilian population. Disability status (self-reported) was ascertained using a standard set of questions about hearing, vision, cognitive, ambulatory, self-care, and independent living difficulties. Regression models were used to calculate odds of female sterilization, hysterectomies, and age of sterilization while accounting for sociodemographic differences.
resultsFemale sterilization rates were higher among females with cognitive (22.1% [n=272]) and noncognitive disabilities (24.7% [n=150]) than among those without disabilities (14.8% [n=1,132]). After adjusting for sociodemographic covariates, females with cognitive disabilities had significantly higher odds of female sterilization (adjusted odds ratio [OR] 1.54, 95% CI 1.19-1.98, P<.01) and hysterectomy (adjusted OR 2.64, 95% CI 1.53-4.56, P<.001) than those without cognitive disabilities. Females with cognitive disabilities also underwent sterilization at significantly younger ages (27.3 years, 95% CI 27.0-27.6) than those with noncognitive disabilities (28.3 years, 95% CI 27.9-28.8) and those without any disability (29.8 years, 95% CI 29.5-30.0).
conclusionU.S. females with cognitive disabilities were more likely to have undergone female sterilizations and hysterectomies and at younger ages than those with other disabilities or without disabilities. Drivers of these disability-related differences in female sterilization patterns must be explored.
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