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This perception may lead to contraceptive nonuse, which may, in turn, lead to unintended pregnancy. Little research has examined perceived infertility among young adults, including potential associations with contraceptive behaviors.<\/jats:italic><\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>\n            <jats:italic>METHODS:<\/jats:italic>\n          <\/jats:bold>\n          <jats:italic>The frequency of perceived infertility among young adults was assessed using 2009 data from a nationally representative telephone survey of 1,800 unmarried men and women aged 18\u201329. Multinomial regression analyses assessed associations between respondents\u2019 perceived infertility and selected background, reproductive knowledge, sexual experience and contraceptive use characteristics.<\/jats:italic><\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>\n            <jats:italic>RESULTS:<\/jats:italic>\n          <\/jats:bold>\n          <jats:italic>Overall, 19% of women and 13% of men believed that they were very likely to be infertile. Hispanic women and women who had received public assistance in the past year had elevated odds of perceived infertility (odds ratios, 3.4 and 3.0, respectively), as did Hispanic men and men of other racial or ethnic minorities, except blacks (2.5 and 6.1, respectively). Men who had some college education, had received sex education or were not in a current relationship had decreased odds of thinking they were very likely to be infertile (0.3\u20130.4). Among men, perceived infertility was associated with the belief that they were likely to have sex without using a contraceptive in the next three months (2.6).<\/jats:italic><\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>\n            <jats:italic>CONCLUSIONS:<\/jats:italic>\n          <\/jats:bold>\n          <jats:italic>A substantial proportion of young adults believe they are infertile. Improved provider counseling and sex education may be useful in helping them to better understand their actual probability of infertility, and this knowledge may lead to improved contraceptive use.<\/jats:italic><\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1363\/4403012","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2012,2,3]],"date-time":"2012-02-03T18:05:03Z","timestamp":1328292303000},"page":"30-38","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":64,"title":["Missed Conceptions or Misconceptions: Perceived Infertility Among Unmarried Young Adults In the United States"],"prefix":"10.1363","volume":"44","author":[{"given":"Chelsea Bernhardt","family":"Polis","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Laurie Schwab","family":"Zabin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"259","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2012,2,3]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_5_2_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1363\/3809006"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_3_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0010-7824(03)00107-0"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_4_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jpag.2007.01.004"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_5_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jpag.2004.03.006"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_6_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.2307\/2135198"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_7_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.0737-1209.2004.021304.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_8_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1097\/01.AOG.0000240137.99609.2e"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_9_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/1054-139X(95)00281-V"},{"issue":"10","key":"e_1_2_5_10_2","first-page":"1053","article-title":"Self\u2010perception of infertility among female adolescents","volume":"147","author":"Rainey DY","year":"1993","journal-title":"American Journal of Diseases of Children"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_11_2","article-title":"Fertility, family planning, and reproductive health of U.S. women: data from the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth","author":"Chandra A","year":"2005","journal-title":"Vital and Health Statistics"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_12_2","volume-title":"Sampling Techniques","author":"Cochran W","year":"1977"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_13_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/0471722146"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_14_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0010-7824(01)00191-3"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_15_2","volume-title":"Vital and Health Statistics","author":"Jones J","year":"2008"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_16_2","first-page":"17","article-title":"Infant mortality statistics from the 2006 period linked birth\/infant death data set","volume":"58","author":"Mathews TJ","year":"2010","journal-title":"National Vital Statistics Reports"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_17_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.fertnstert.2005.09.052"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_18_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0968-8080(03)02289-4"},{"issue":"2","key":"e_1_2_5_19_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"113","DOI":"10.1001\/jama.1996.03530260027026","article-title":"Adolescents with negative pregnancy test results: an accessible at\u2010risk group","volume":"275","author":"Zabin LS","year":"1996","journal-title":"Journal of the American Medical Association"}],"container-title":["Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/api.wiley.com\/onlinelibrary\/tdm\/v1\/articles\/10.1363%2F4403012","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1363\/4403012","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2023,10,30]],"date-time":"2023-10-30T02:02:29Z","timestamp":1698631349000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1363\/4403012"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2012,2,3]]},"references-count":18,"journal-issue":{"issue":"1","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2012,3]]}},"alternative-id":["10.1363\/4403012"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1363\/4403012","archive":["Portico"],"relation":{},"ISSN":["1538-6341","1931-2393"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1538-6341","type":"print"},{"value":"1931-2393","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2012,2,3]]}}}