TY - JOUR
T1 - Family change and continuity in Iran: Birth control use before first pregnancy
AU - Abbasi Shavazi, Mohammad
AU - Morgan, Samuel Philip
AU - Hosseini, Meimanat
AU - McDonald, Peter
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Using data from the 2002 Iran Fertility Transition Survey, we examined birth control use between marriage and first pregnancy. We focused on the post-1990 increase in birth control use and develop two explanations. The first posits that birth control use reflects a new marriage form, the conjugal marriage, which places a heightened value on the spousal relationship while deemphasizing the centrality of parenthood. A second explanation stresses the use of a new resource, effective birth control, within an Iranian-Islamist view of marriage. Key to this explanation is the role of the state - Iranian political/religious actors encourage early marriage and the use of birth control. Although the explanations could be complementary, evidence provides more support for the latter.
AB - Using data from the 2002 Iran Fertility Transition Survey, we examined birth control use between marriage and first pregnancy. We focused on the post-1990 increase in birth control use and develop two explanations. The first posits that birth control use reflects a new marriage form, the conjugal marriage, which places a heightened value on the spousal relationship while deemphasizing the centrality of parenthood. A second explanation stresses the use of a new resource, effective birth control, within an Iranian-Islamist view of marriage. Key to this explanation is the role of the state - Iranian political/religious actors encourage early marriage and the use of birth control. Although the explanations could be complementary, evidence provides more support for the latter.
U2 - 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2009.00670.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2009.00670.x
M3 - Article
VL - 71
SP - 1309
EP - 1324
JO - Journal of Marriage and the Family
JF - Journal of Marriage and the Family
IS - 5
ER -