DeClerque, Julia; Ong Tsui, Amy; Abul-Ata, Mohammed Futuah - In: Social Science & Medicine 23 (1986) 1, pp. 83-92
Rumor and misinformation about oral contraceptives continue to prevail in much of Egypt. This study tests the hypothesis that rumor involvement can have a negative and independent impact on pill usage by focusing on a common misbelief that the pill causes 'weakness'. The data comes from a...