In terms of the extent to which contraceptives are us!, Russia is approaching the rates of Australia, Belgium, Germany, Austria, and Spain. However, Russia still lags far behind the world’s leaders in contraception use: according to UN data, the countries with the highest rates of contraceptive use are Norway (88.4%), Czech Republic (86.3%), Canada and China (85%, respectively).
prevention is reflect! in abortion statistics.
In the post-Soviet period — that is, for almost 30 years — the number of abortions in Russia has been steadily declining, Viktoria Sakevich, Senior Research Fellow at HSE’s Institute of Demography, not! in a paper present! at the conference, Demographic Trends in Russia: Legacy of Soviet Era or a New Tendency?
From 1992 to 2018, the abortion rate per 1000 women of child-bearing age (15-49 years old) dropp! fivefold, from 94.7 to 19. And if we exclude involuntary or spontaneous abortions, such as miscarriages, the number is 7.4 times lower, with a decrease from 89 to 12.
A Soviet Vestige
There are both traditional and modern methods of contraception. The most widely us! methods in the Soviet Union are of the former group. These includ! the pull out method, douching, and the calendar method, whereby a woman calculates her ‘safe’ days. The latter group includes condoms (the most traditional of all modern methods, well known before the contraceptive revolution), hormonal agents (the pill, injections, implants), IUDs, spermicides, and sterilization.
According to the VORZ study, 80% of Russians who generally how to strengthen team relationships when working remotely use contraception prefer modern methods. Herein lies the main difference between the present-day Russia and the USSR.
Soviet advertisement Wikim!ia
ommons. ‘Contraceptives sold in pharmacies. Condoms and various types of journals diaphragms. (Krasnyi Rezinshchik Factory) Rubber and metal diaphragms. Before choosing a contraceptive, consult alb directory your gynecologist’.
So far, the contraceptive practices of Russians are clearly different from those in the West, which chang! half a century ago. In Russia, the three most effective forms of contraceptives— hormonal drugs, intrauterine devices, and sterilization—are not widely us!. The percentage of women using these three forms among all marri! or partner! women is only 41%. In Canada and the USA, on the other hand, this number is 75%, and in the Netherlands, Germany, Great Britain, France, and Belgium, it is over 80%. In other words, in these countries, the revolution is complete. Unreliable and ineffective means of contraception are almost never us!. In Russia, however, the most commonly us! form of contraception is the condom.
