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Item Restricted The relationship between untimate partner violence and unintended pregnancies in the Philippines(2011-04) Astudillo, Ma. Carmela Angeli P.; Delantar, Cheyence Ann T.; Solon, Jose Orville C.Unintended pregnancy is prevalent in the Philippines and results in harmful consequences for both mother and child. Previous studies in other countries have linked intimate partner violence (IPV) to unintended pregnancies. This study used the responses of pregnant women in the 2008 Philippine National Demographic and Health Survey. The researchers included variables for IPV and various socioeconomic and demographic characteristics in weighted logit regressions to determine the relationship between IPV and pregnancy unintended. Only forced sexual intercourse was found to have a significant association with pregnancy unintended. However, this relationship became insignificant when contraceptive use prior to the pregnancy was considered. Sexual abuse may still be considered as a possible risk factor for pregnancy unintended. The effect of contraceptive use on the relationship between sexual abuse and pregnancy unintended should encourage increasing the access of women to effective methods.Item Restricted The decision to use contaception: the case of the Philippines(2011-03) Castro, Katherine Celine; Evardone, Philip III C.This paper seeks to expand the literature that explores the relationship of religion and contraception in the Philippines by taking into account socioeconomic factors and examining the effect thereof to this relationship. Method. This paper examines two hypotheses. First is the 'theology' hypothesis, which states that the sheer theological content of religion yields a significant effect on peoples' decision to use contraception- we examine this using a logistic regression model with the current use of contraceptives of non-pregnant women as the dependent variable and religion as the independent variable. The second is the 'characteristics' hypothesis, which attributes the religious differentials in current contraceptive use to the sample's socio- economic and demographic characteristics- we examine this using two models- (l)a logistic regression model with the current use of contraceptives of non-pregnant women as the dependent. variable and religion and socioeconomic variables as independent variables and (2) a similar model that includes the interaction of religion and key socioeconomic variables. Results. Being a member of religious groups that do not permit contraception, such as Roman Catholicism and Islam, has a significant effect on the use of contraception. However, when socio-economic variables are controlled, this relationship becomes less significant. The results of the third model show that the effect of religion on contraception is not contingent on socioeconomic factors. Conclusion. Religion barely affects the use of contraception. Socioeconomic factors impose a much significant effect on contraceptive use.