Publications [#257085] of S. Philip Morgan

Papers Published

1. Abbasi-Shavazi, MJ; Morgan, SP; Hossein-Chavoshi, M; McDonald, P, Family Change and Continuity in Iran: Birth Control Use Before First Pregnancy., Journal of Marriage and the Family, vol. 71 no. 5 (December, 2009), pp. 1309-1324, ISSN 0022-2445 [Gateway.cgi], [doi]
   (last updated on 2024/01/01)

   Abstract:
   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.