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Birth control among the Mormons: introduction to an insistent question
Dialogue: a journal of Mormon thought • 10 (2) • Published In 1977 • Pages: 12-44
By: Bush, Lester E..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source, by a Mormon physician and medical historian, traces the history of birth control in the United States in general, the history of the official Church position, and actual practice of birth control among Mormons. Some information is also given on attitudes toward abortion and infanticide. The research is primarily based on secondary sources, but is also based on some interviewing and observations from the author's own medical practice. The conclusion is that although birth control is generally not approved by the Church, it is practiced by about ninety percent of the Mormon population.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Birth statistics
- Basis of marriage
- Theological systems
- Sexuality
- Sexual intercourse
- Conception
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Mormons
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2018
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Physician
- Indigenous Person
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Marlene Martin ; 1978
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date given
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1850-1975
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Utah, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Lester E. Bush, Jr.
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mormons