Does vasectomy explain the difference in tubal sterilization rates between black and white women?

Publication/Presentation Date

5-1-2009

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To examine whether the observed difference in tubal sterilization rates between black and white women is dependent on racial/ethnic differences in vasectomy rates.

DESIGN: Secondary analysis of national, cross-sectional survey.

SETTING: 2002 National Survey of Family Growth.

PATIENT(S): Women 15 to 44 years old with a current partner who were able to provide information about their partner's vasectomy status.

INTERVENTION(S): None.

MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): The primary outcome was tubal sterilization. Among women with a current partner who had not undergone vasectomy, a multivariable logistic regression model was used to estimate the effects of race/ethnicity on tubal sterilization after adjusting for potential confounders.

RESULT(S): Of the 3,391 women in the sample, 14% of white women had a current partner who had undergone vasectomy compared with 5% of Hispanic women and 4% of black women. Among the 3,064 women whose partners had not undergone vasectomy, black women were more likely to undergo tubal sterilization (odds ratio: 1.6; 95% confidence interval: 1.1, 2.2) on the basis of adjusted multivariable analysis.

CONCLUSION(S): After controlling for partner vasectomy status, black women were still more likely to undergo tubal sterilization than white women.

Volume

91

Issue

5

First Page

1642

Last Page

1645

ISSN

1556-5653

Disciplines

Business Administration, Management, and Operations | Health and Medical Administration | Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods

PubMedID

18394618

Department(s)

Administration and Leadership

Document Type

Article

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