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Representative surveys
- Pregnancy experience and prenatal screening To find out more about the subjective state of mind of pregnant women, their attitude and their desire for information and to be better able to tailor the new media, materials and in-service training opportunities to them, the BZgA commissioned a survey of pregnant women. The respondent provided information about various aspects of their pregnancy experience, their experiences with pre-natal screening and their attitudes and expectations.
- A desire for children and starting a family amongst women and men with university degrees The study investigates the attitude and motivation of women and men with university degrees regarding starting a family. Women and men in Eastern and Western Germany are having fewer children than they would like. Women with a university degree in particular are have their first child very late or they remain childless because of reconciliation problems.
- Representative survey on the “morning after pill” The “morning after pill” and the debate around its distribution prompted the Bundeszentrale für gesundheitliche Aufklärung (BZgA) to commission a representative survey of women between the ages of 16 and 49 on the subject of the “morning after pill”.
Repeat surveys
- Adult contraceptive behaviour: results of the representative survey 2007 In 2007 the BZgA commissioned a representative survey asking women and men about their contraceptive behaviour/knowledge. At the core of this current survey is a repetition of the 2003 survey about adult contraceptive behaviour. New issues are addressed in this survey such as “long-term contraception” and “hormonal contraception for men”.
- Youth sexuality 2006: repeat survey of 14 to 17-year-olds and their parents The BZgA has been analysing the attitudes and behaviour of young people regarding sex education, sexuality and contraception for 25 years: the young people surveyed in first study of 1980 have become the parent generation of today’s young people. The most recent survey, conducted in 2005, continued the task of measuring trends: the current study is the sixth of its kind. This time a large sample of 2,497 young people aged between 14 and 17 and their parents were questioned.
- Adult contraceptive behaviour: results of the representative survey 2003 In 2003 women and men were asked about their contraceptive behaviour and knowledge in a representative survey.
- Youth sexuality 2001: repeat survey For more than 20 years the BZgA has been investigating and analyzing young people’s attitudes and behaviour with regard to sex education, sexuality and contraception. Intra-family factors play a significant role in this regard and for that reason the parents were also interviewed. What has changed over the past years?
- Contraceptive behaviour of men and women 2000 Commissioned by the Bundeszentrale für gesundheitliche Aufklärung the forsa Gesellschaft für Sozialforschung und statistische Analysen mbH (society for social research and statistical analyses), Berlin and Dortmund, conducted an investigation on men’s and women’s contraceptive behaviour in the Federal Republic of Germany.
Representative surveys in regions
- Men’s lives Work and a desire for children, contraception and family planning, reconciliation problems and deferring starting a family: are these all women’s issues? At least in public discourse and research it still looks that way. “Men’s lives” is one of the still rather rare studies investigating the role of men in matters relating to family planning and starting a family. 1,500 men aged between 25 and 54 were interviewed.
- Women's lives How do women shape and evaluate their lives today and what role does family planning play in their lives? These questions are the focus of this investigation on women’s reproductive life stories. More than 1,400 women between the ages of 20 and 44 were surveyed between 1998 and 1999.
Research results with limited scope
- Teenage pregnancies in Berlin and Brandenburg In 2006 the BZgA commissioned a survey questioning experts in the field in Berlin and Brandenburg about their experiences in counselling and caring for underage pregnant girls. This survey is based on the insights from the pilot study in Saxony conducted in 2004.
- Teenage pregnancies in Saxony When girls under the age of 18 become pregnant they need a lot of support. Pregnant adolescents and adolescent mothers particularly require advice and support tailored to their needs so that they are able to develop social and economic independence. That is the starting point of a survey of experts in Saxony.
Other surveys
- When teenagers become parents … t is known from youth studies that very young, sexually active girls are usually scared of an unwanted pregnancy. Despite this fact more and more young women in the Federal Republic of Germany are facing unplanned and unwanted pregnancies, and in individual cases the pregnancy is wanted. This is particularly (but not exclusively) true for very young women from problem backgrounds and from other cultural circles (including eastern European ones).
- Sexual experiences during the teenage years and negotiation processes between the sexes The focal point of this study is the sexual development of young people as a process. When and in what form young people engage in sexual relationships is something they determine themselves these days, largely free from the restrictions and controls that still existed for their parents’ generation.
- Health problems relevant to sex education, sex education and advice for boys A comprehensive understanding of health incorporates physical and psychological aspects of biographical development. This study follows this definition and gets to the bottom of the margins between masculinity ideologies and critically oriented sex-education work with boys.