[Value scaling of family planning conditions]. / Wertskalierungen von Familienplanungsbedingungen.

Subjective relevance of 26 different conditions of family planning was measured by means of Thurstone's indirect rating method of couple comparison. A population of 560 interviews had been subdivided by conditions of reproduction, that is desire for children, no desire, and not pregnant. Marital status was an additional criterion for subdivision. The following conclusions were drawn: - The rating given by all groups of probands to health and partnership factors was higher and thus more relevant to decision-making in family planning than that given to age, parity, and depending on marital status, was found to undergo variation which was more intensive than any assessment of socio-economic conditions. Reference is made to resulting conclusions of relevance to society.

PIP: Subjective relevance of 26 different conditions of family planning was measured by means of Thurstone's indirect rating method of couple comparison. A population of 560 interviewees had been subdivided by conditions of reproduction; i.e., desire for children, no desire, and not pregnant. Marital status was an additional criterion for subdivision. The following conclusions were drawn. The rating given by all subjects to health and partnership factors was higher and thus more relevant to decision making in family planning than that given to age and parity. Furthermore, depending on marital status, it was found to undergo socioeconomic variation which was more intensive than any assessment of conditions. Reference is made to resulting conclusions of relevance to society in general. (author's modified)

[Pilot study on interval gradation for the evaluation of conditions related to the desire to bear children]. / Pilotstudie zur Intervallskalierung über die Bewertung von Bedingungen, die im Zusammenhang mit der Verwirklichung eines Kinderwunsches stehen.

The purpose of this investigation was to test the method of Comparative Judgement in connection with the question, which conditions are relevant, if a woman want to give birth to a child. 31 pregnant woman, who intend to get interrupted their pregnancies had to decide by pairs about conditions which relate to health, age, parity, education, calling resp. profession, situation of dwelling and income and to personal or confessional questions. On the basis of the Law of Comparative Judgement (Thurstone 1937) we constructed an interval scale about these conditions.