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Journal Article
Uncertain Aims and Tacit Negotiation: Birth Control Practices in Britain, 1925-50
2000
Overview
Evidence from oral history interviews is used to suggest the need to reevaluate our understanding of the dynamics of fertility decisions and behavior in the first half of the twentieth century. Those interviewed stressed their vague and haphazard approach to contraceptive use, in sharp contrast to the dominant depiction in studies of fertility decline that emphasize the degree to which individuals made deliberate and calculated choices about family size based on an assessment of the costs and benefits of childrearing. Details of individual contraceptive strategies elucidate the complexities of birth control behavior: couples, lacking explicit aims for family limitation, adopted diverse methods of birth control, using them for different reasons, at different times, with varying degrees of determination and confidence and frequently with very little direct discussion or planning. Explicit articulation of aims was not a necessary prerequisite of the spread of birth control; accepted gender roles meant that responsibilities and obligations emerged gradually and tacitly. As a result, nevertheless, low fertility was effectively achieved.
Publisher
Blackwell Publishing Ltd,The Population Council,The Population Council, Inc,John Wiley & Sons, Inc,Population Council
Subject
/ Choice
/ Family Characteristics - ethnology
/ Family Planning Policy - history
/ Family Planning Services - history
/ Family Planning Services - methods
/ Family Planning Services - utilization
/ Gender
/ History
/ Interviews as Topic - methods
/ Interviews as Topic - utilization
/ Planning
/ Sex role
/ Sexual Behavior - psychology
/ Society
