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This study aims to understand why rural women depend so heavily on this method of fertility control, whether they are more likely than suburban and urban women to desire sterilization reversal, and the impact of female sterilization on rural women's ability to achieve their fertility goals.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Data from 10,081 sexually active women aged 15 to 49, who participated in the National Survey of Family Growth (2015\u20132019), were analyzed using binary and multinomial logistic regression analyses. 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