Contraceptive Intention, Religious Attitudes and Sources of Spirituality in Married Muslim Women: A Descriptive Correlational Study in Türkiye.
Zehra Çerçer, Duygu Ayar
PMID 39506300WHAT IT FOUND
Religious attitudes and sources of spirituality were not related to married Muslim women's contraceptive intent.
Intent differed by age, previous delivery method, sex of existing children and contraceptive method used.
Key findings
01Contraceptive intent showed no significant relationship with sources of spirituality (r = -0.018, p = 0.772) or religious attitudes (r = -0.025, p = 0.685).
02Contraceptive intent differed by previous delivery method, with women who had delivered vaginally or by cesarean scoring higher than women who had never delivered.
03Contraceptive intent was highest among women using an intrauterine device and lowest among women using no method.
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What it does not show
The findings are limited to the women who participated and to their responses on the scales. The sample was limited to married, literate, Turkish-speaking Muslim women, so it does not represent all women. Data were collected online, so geographic differences were not taken into account. The study was descriptive and correlational, so it cannot show that any factor caused contraceptive intent.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read the significant differences by child sex, delivery method, or contraceptive method as evidence that these factors cause higher intent. The study was descriptive and correlational, and the key relationship between religious attitudes, spirituality, and contraceptive intent was not significant.