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Copyright Pontificia Universidade Catolica de Minas Gera, Programa de Posgraduacao em Ciencias da Religiao Oct-Dec 2014

Abstract

The religions are considered an important cultural factor to determination of the individuals' attitudes and behaviors, which in its turn can influence in many social and demographic variables such as sexuality, marriage, contraception, abortion, among others. An important variable that could be influenced by religion is the use of contraception, generating patterns differentiated by religious segment. Religion has several mechanisms of influence in the lives of practitioners of a faith, among them the rules, guidelines, sanctions and coercion. This study aims to identify and analyze possible differences in contraceptive use by religions between sexually active women in the Brazil. We used data from the National Survey of Demography and Health of Children and Women 2006 and binomial logistic regression model. The results suggest that Catholic women used more modern contraception especially hormonal options. Already evangelical women used more traditional contraception and sterilization. Thus, although the Catholic Church is against the use of modern contraception, its rules do not seem to influence the contraceptive behavior of faithful. Another inference relates to the fact that low frequency on cults may generate little commitment and lead to doctrinal relativism.

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Title
Uso de contracepção por mulheres de diferentes grupos religiosos: diferenças ou semelhanças?/Use of contraception by women of different religious groups: differences or similarities?
Author
Costa, Ingrid Gomes Dias da; Carvalho, Angelita Alves
Pages
1114-1139
Section
Dossiê: Religião e Demografia - Artigo original
Publication year
2014
Publication date
Oct-Dec 2014
Publisher
Pontificia Universidade Catolica de Minas Gera, Programa de Posgraduacao em Ciencias da Religiao
ISSN
16799615
e-ISSN
21755841
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
Portuguese
ProQuest document ID
1645562922
Copyright
Copyright Pontificia Universidade Catolica de Minas Gera, Programa de Posgraduacao em Ciencias da Religiao Oct-Dec 2014