title: Does vasectomy explain the difference in tubal sterilization rates between black and white women?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine whether the observed difference in tubal sterilization rates between black and white women is dependent on racial/ethnic differences in vasectomy rates.
  
  
  METHODS
  Secondary analysis of national, cross-sectional survey.
  
  
  METHODS
  2002 National Survey of Family Growth.
  
  
  METHODS
  Women 15 to 44 years old with a current partner who were able to provide information about their partner's vasectomy status.
  
  
  METHODS
  None.
  
  
  METHODS
  The primary outcome was tubal sterilization. Among women with a current partner who had not undergone vasectomy, a multivariable logistic regression model was used to estimate the effects of race/ethnicity on tubal sterilization after adjusting for potential confounders.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 3,391 women in the sample, 14% of white women had a current partner who had undergone vasectomy compared with 5% of Hispanic women and 4% of black women. Among the 3,064 women whose partners had not undergone vasectomy, black women were more likely to undergo tubal sterilization (odds ratio: 1.6; 95% confidence interval: 1.1, 2.2) on the basis of adjusted multivariable analysis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  After controlling for partner vasectomy status, black women were still more likely to undergo tubal sterilization than white women.
authors.affiliation: Divison of General Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. borrerosp@upmc.edu
authors.forename: Sonya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Borrero
authors.forename: Eleanor B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Schwarz
authors.forename: Matthew F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Reeves
authors.forename: James E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Bost
authors.forename: Mitchell D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Creinin
authors.forename: Said A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Ibrahim
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D044383:Black People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013246:Sterilization, Tubal / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014659:Vasectomy; D044465:White People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*