Intersections of Ethnicity and Social Class in Provider Advice Regarding Reproductive Health

• Autores: Roberta A. Downing, Thomas A. LaVeist, Heather E. Bullock
• Localización: American journal of public health, ISSN 0090-0036, Vol. 97, Nº. 10, 2007, págs. 1803-1807
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Objectives. We examined how ethnicity and social class influence women?s perceptions of reproductive health care. Of primary interest was assessing whether health care providers are perceived as advising low-income women, particularly women of color, to limit their childbearing and to what extent they feel they are discouraged by providers from having future children.Methods. Ethnically diverse, low-income (n=193) and middle-class women (n=146) completed a questionnaire about their pregnancy-related health care experiences.Results. Logistic regression analyses revealed that low-income women of color experienced greater odds of being advised to limit their childbearing than did middle-class White women. A separate model demonstrated that low-income Latinas reported greater odds of being discouraged from having children than did middle-class White women.Conclusions. Low-income women of color were more likely to report being advised to limit their childbearing and were more likely to describe being discouraged from having children than were middle-class White women. More research is needed regarding how ethnicity and social class impact women?s experiences with reproductive health care.