Use of contraception among married women in New South Wales, Austrlia

1980 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Farhat Yusuf
Keyword(s):  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Induced Abortion ◽  
Married Women ◽  
Reproductive Age ◽  
Annual Number ◽  
Southern Europe ◽  
Women Of Reproductive Age ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Catholic Women

SummaryThis paper examines the current use of contraception among a sample of 6646 married women of reproductive age interviewed during 1972–73 in metropolitan and country areas of the state of New South Wales, Australia. The analysis shows that contraception is widely practised in all segments of the population, though to a lesser extent among the Catholic women and those born is southern Europe. In conjunction with now easily available induced abortion, this has resulted in a precipitous drop in the annual number of marital births.

When Your Money Is Not Your Own: Coverture and Married Women In Business in Colonial New South Wales

2015 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 181-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Bishop
Keyword(s):  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Married Women ◽  
The Real ◽  
Pricing Decisions ◽  
Women In Business ◽  
South Wales ◽  
The Law

In 1860 and again in 1864, Alexander Spiers appeared before the insolvency court in Sydney, endeavoring to explain his failure in business. He was described as a milliner in the records but he had never made a bonnet in his life. The real milliner and businesswoman was his wife, Ann Spiers, who had been running her business since her marriage in 1846. She made purchasing and pricing decisions, managed staff, was the front person in the shop, and advertised in newspapers. She told the insolvency court in 1860 that her husband “used to keep the books and attend to the house business but he never sold anything in the shop. He used to mark the goods occasionally.” Alexander Spiers similarly distanced himself. “My wife put the value upon the articles in our stock,” he said. “She is much better acquainted with their value than myself.” In spite of this, it was Alexander Spiers' name that was on the insolvency papers. Under the law of coverture, he was responsible for his wife's debts and her business legally belonged to him.

Laboratory surveillance of invasive pneumococcal disease in New South Wales, Australia, before and after introduction of 7-valent conjugate vaccine: reduced disease, but not antibiotic resistance rates

2012 ◽  
Vol 141 (9) ◽  
pp. 1797-1806 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. OFTADEH ◽  
H. F. GIDDING ◽  
G. L. GILBERT
Keyword(s):  
Conjugate Vaccine ◽  
Invasive Pneumococcal Disease ◽  
Pneumococcal Disease ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Annual Number ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Erythromycin Resistance ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Laboratory Surveillance

SUMMARYWe compared serotype distributions ofStreptococcus pneumoniaeisolates from patients aged <5 and ⩾5 years with invasive pneumococcal disease in New South Wales, Australia, and antibiotic susceptibilities of isolates from the <5 years age group only, before (2002–2004) and after (2005–2009) introduction of the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7). Overall, there were significant decreases in the mean annual number of referred isolates (770vs. 515) and the proportion belonging to PCV7 serotypes (74%vs. 38%), but non-PCV7 serotypes, particularly 19A, increased (5%vs. 18%). All changes were more marked in the <5 years age group. Susceptibility testing of isolates from the <5 years age group showed variation in resistance between serotypes, but significant overall increases in penicillin non-susceptibility (23%vs. 31%), ceftriaxone resistance (2%vs. 12%) and multidrug resistance (4%vs. 7%) rates; erythromycin resistance fell (32%vs. 25%). Continued surveillance is needed to monitor changes following the introduction of 13-valent PCV in 2012.

scholarly journals Assessing care trajectories of adolescent females seeking early induced abortion in New South Wales: multistage, mixed-methods study protocol

BMJ Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. e039819
Author(s):  
Anisa Rojanapenkul Assifi ◽  
Melissa Kang ◽  
Elizabeth Sullivan ◽  
Angela J Dawson
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Deep Understanding ◽  
Induced Abortion ◽  
Adolescent Females ◽  
Mixed Methods Study ◽  
Abortion Service ◽  
Abortion Care ◽  
South Wales

IntroductionIn Australia, New South Wales (NSW), abortion has recently been removed from the criminal code. Previous research from Australia and other high-income countries has focused on adult women’s access to abortion services. This protocol describes a five-stage mixed-methods study to determine the care trajectories and experiences of adolescent females, aged 16–19 years, seeking an early induced abortion in NSW. The aims are to (1) explore the needs and perspectives of adolescent females seeking sexual and reproductive health services in NSW and (2) develop a framework for abortion service provision for adolescents in NSW.Methods and analysisThis study comprises: (1) semistructured qualitative interviews with key informants, individuals with diverse, in-depth experience of providing and/or supporting abortion care in NSW; (2) a cross-sectional online survey of adolescent females residing in NSW; (3) case study interviews with adolescents females who have accessed an abortion service in NSW; (4) a co-design workshop with adolescents who took part in stage 3 to develop relevant knowledge and recommendations and (5) a knowledge dissemination forum with key stakeholders.Ethics and disseminationEthics approval has been received from the University of Technology Sydney Human Research Ethics Committee for this study. Data collection commenced in March 2019 and will continue until the end of 2020. This study aims to develop a deep understanding of adolescent abortion care trajectories and experiences of abortion services in NSW. The study will deliver co-produced recommendations to improve adolescent access to abortion information and services.

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