Race, insurance status, and desire for tubal sterilization reversal.
Publication/Presentation Date
8-1-2008
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To examine the independent effects of race/ethnicity and insurance status on desire for tubal sterilization reversal.
DESIGN: Secondary analysis of cross-sectional data collected by the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG).
SETTING: Interviews were conducted in person by a trained female interviewer in the participant's home.
PATIENT(S): The NSFG is designed to represent women and men 15-44 years of age in the U.S. household population. The sample consisted of 934 women who had undergone tubal sterilization at any time before being interviewed.
INTERVENTION(S): None.
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Desire for sterilization reversal.
RESULT(S): Among women older than 30 years at time of surgery, black women were significantly more likely to desire sterilization reversal compared with white women (adjusted odds ratio, 2.6; 95% confidence interval, 1.2, 5.8). In the total cohort and in the subset of women 30 years or younger, there were no significant racial/ethnic variations in desire for sterilization reversal.
CONCLUSION(S): Among women over age 30 at the time of tubal sterilization, black women were much more likely to express desire for reversal than white women.
Volume
90
Issue
2
First Page
272
Last Page
277
ISSN
1556-5653
Published In/Presented At
Borrero, S. B., Reeves, M. F., Schwarz, E. B., Bost, J. E., Creinin, M. D., & Ibrahim, S. A. (2008). Race, insurance status, and desire for tubal sterilization reversal. Fertility and sterility, 90(2), 272–277. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.06.041
Disciplines
Business Administration, Management, and Operations | Health and Medical Administration | Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
PubMedID
17880952
Department(s)
Administration and Leadership
Document Type
Article