Sandra Calkins
SANDRA CALKINS worked on this analysis while completing her B.S. in sociology at Brigham Young University. She now works for State Farm Insurance, San Antonio, Texas.
Contraceptive Use Among Mormons, 1965-75
Articles/Essays – Volume 16, No. 3
Dialogue 16.3 (Fall 1984): 108–113
For some families, delaying birth control until after the arrival of the first or second child is undoubtedly consistent with a desire to begin a family soon after marriage. In other cases, however, failure to practice birth control during the first and/or second birth intervals may be based on a belief that to do so would be contrary to Church teachings.