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Increasingly, women are enlisting in U.S. military services and being deployed. In two U.S. studies, researchers explored military women's knowledge about and use of contraception. In a third study, investigators examined unintended pregnancy rates among women in the Israeli military service.
The first study assessed contraceptive knowledge in a random sample of women veterans (age range, 18–44) receiving Veterans Administration health services across the U.S. Some 2300 telephone interview respondents (mean age, 35; 91% with education past high school; 52% white, 29% black, 12% Hispanic, 7% other) answered 20 questions about contraceptive principles and methods. Percent correct answers ranged from 48% (knowledge of pregnancy rates without co…