Use of Family Planning Services and Contraception at First Intercourse: Insights from a Social Psychological Framework.

This study applies Ajzen?s theory of planned behavior to the question of how receipt of family planning services influences young, U.S. women?s contraceptive behavior at first intercourse. Competing risk hazard models are estimated using data from the National Survey of Family Growth Cycle V. Findings show that receipt of family planning services at least one year before first intercourse increases the rate of contraceptive use at first sex. Receipt of family planning services does not affect the rate of having sex. Furthermore, these findings support the inclusion of both perceived and actual behavior control in behavioral models. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]