ABSTRACT
PIP: This study of 173 men who received vasectomies from one urologist shows the male seeking a vasectomy from this clinic is white, middle class, well educated, married once, median age of 36, and with 2 to 3 children. Three quarters of the men had used the condom and found it bothersome. The same number had also used the pill and various other methods of contraception without satisfaction. Other studies have shown economic reasons as the main factor leading to vasectomy whereas this one revealed freedom from anxiety about possible conception and sexual pleasure as the primary reasons. The concern for sexual freedom is considered characteristic of our present culture and probably closely associated with the pill itself. Since the pill is not related as closely with the sex act as other methods of contraception it has given couples the freedom to enjoy sex. Since the late 1960s when the media began publishing the side effects from the pill our society has been seeking a replacement method that will allow that freedom to remain. This group will continue to be followed along with other planned studies, to see if their contraceptive vasectomy has made any changes in their lives.^ieng