Roman Catholic Church-sponsored natural family planning services in the United States.
OBJECTIVE
Our objective was to determine the level and quality of natural family planning service provided by Roman Catholic Diocese-related programs in the United States.


METHODS
Programs volunteered quarterly data for five years, using least squares regression we estimated service levels for programs never reporting.


RESULTS
From 1988 to 1992, 78 dioceses ever reported and 96 never reported. The majority of clients were avoiding pregnancy and receiving follow-up. An average of 18,061 women were taught by these programs each year in the reporting period.


CONCLUSIONS
Without greater commitment of resources, it is likely that NFP will continue to be a marginal method of family planning in the United States.
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Department of Population Dynamics, Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205.
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D002410:Catholicism; D005193:Family Planning Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016018:Least-Squares Analysis; D012252:Natural Family Planning Methods; D015397:Program Evaluation; D014481:United States