Taking world society theory as our point of departure, we examine the effect of world culture on contraceptive use rates around the world. World-cultural rhetoric frames contraception as a necessity for economic development, a human rights issue, and a women’s health matter. Using data on contraceptive use among married women for a sample of 159 countries over the period from 1970 to 2012, we find that linkages to all three sets of discourses are associated with increased use of modern contraceptive methods, over and above countries’ sociocultural and economic characteristics. Nevertheless, we also find that world society influences vary across major cultural zones, defined in terms of predominant religions and geographic regions. World cultural effects are strongest in Orthodox Christian, Hindu, non-Western Protestant, and sub-Saharan African countries. There is no effect in Western and East Asian countries, where contraceptive use is comparatively high, or in zones such as non-Western Catholic nations, where the unmet need for contraception is often greatest. Compared to development and women’s rights rhetoric, health-based frames appear to have the broadest and most effective reach across cultural divides. Overall, however, we find that world society processes tend to produce cross-cultural convergence in contraceptive use rates.

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避孕概念：世界社会，文化抵抗和避孕使用，1970-2012年

以世界社会理论为出发点，我们研究了世界文化对世界各地避孕药具使用率的影响。世界文化的言论将避孕视为经济发展，人权问题和妇女健康问题的必要条件。使用1970年至2012年期间159个国家的已婚妇女避孕药具使用数据，我们发现，与所有这三类论述相关的联系都与现代避孕药具的使用量增加有关，而这些国家和地区的社会文化和经济状况却不尽相同。特征。尽管如此，我们还发现，世界社会的影响在主要宗教地区和主要宗教和地理区域方面有所不同。世界文化影响在东正教徒，印度教徒，非西方新教徒，和撒哈拉以南非洲国家。在使用避孕药具较高的西亚和东亚国家，或在诸如非西方天主教国家这样的地区，对避孕的未满足需求经常最大的地区，这没有影响。与发展和妇女权利言论相比，基于健康的框架似乎跨文化鸿沟具有最广泛和最有效的影响。但是，总的来说，我们发现世界社会进程倾向于在避孕使用率方面产生跨文化的融合。基于健康的框架似乎跨文化鸿沟具有最广泛和最有效的影响。但是，总的来说，我们发现世界社会进程倾向于在避孕使用率方面产生跨文化的融合。基于健康的框架似乎跨文化鸿沟具有最广泛和最有效的影响。但是，总的来说，我们发现世界社会进程倾向于在避孕使用率方面产生跨文化的融合。