Abstract
1010 women aged 18-44 and living in Chicago census tracts in which the median family income was below $5500 per year in 1960 were interviewed in 1967-1968 to determine attitudes toward family planning. Absolutely no evidence was found of a fertility culture. Fertility aspirations were substantially lower than the 1959 ideals of both white and black Chicagoans. More than 1/2 regarded age 23 or older as the ideal age to get married. About 60% suggested an interval of 2 or more years as the ideal interval between marriage and the first birth. 80.5% approved moderately or strongly of family planning while 8.9% were neutral. All but a small fraction knew at least one reliable contraceptive method and knew of its reliability. A tendency existed however to underestimate the most reliable methods and overestimate the least reliable methods. Pregnancy histories reveal a high prevalence of teenage pregnancy resulting from uncontracepted premarital sex relations. Planning of the first child not the last should become a major goal among family planners. Several researchers discuss Bogues paper in a concluding section. Non-compatible ideals in individuals and/or lack of purposive rational planning may dictate a lack of contraception.
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