What percentage of Catholics use NFP?

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I’m lumping ALL Catholics in the group. Does anyone know what percent of Catholics (USA only) use NFP or no form of birth control? I’m just curious what the number might be. Thanks.
 
i don’t know but i’d guess less than 10% of American Catholics
 
I don’t know if any statistically valid samplings have been done to determine this. You might try getting in touch with One More Soul (www.omsoul.com)), or Couple to Couple League (www.ccli.org)), they might have some info regarding this.
 
A quick web search turned this up from East Tennessee Catholic
Today CDC statistics indicate that nationally around 70 percent of women use artificial birth control; statistics for Catholic women suggest a rate between 60 percent and 80 percent, essentially the same as that of the nation at large.
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I haven’t attempted to track back to actual CDC statistics – but if this is accurate, it means that no more than about 30% of Catholic women avoid artificial contraception.
 
The problem with this is all the stats I have ever seen have been from a survey that asked if Catholics thought ABC was always wrong. 80% said no (which I am inclined to ascribe a good portion to the tendency for people to hedge their bets when you throw an always in the question). Thus, the great urban legend is that 80% of married Catholics are actively practicing ABC. Now I am not saying that is not possible–just that no one has shown me a stat to back it up.

Only the specious “50% of all marriages end in divorce” stat is more ubiquitous and enduring.

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I went to my doctor today for my annual check up and we got to talking and I told him my wife just had our 5th child, he says are you going to have any more? I said I’m not sure, he said well I can refer you to a good Urologist if you want to get fixed and then he laughed. I said, seems to be working fine to me Doc, If it ain’t broke don’t fix it.
 
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I went to my doctor today for my annual check up and we got to talking and I told him my wife just had our 5th child, he says are you going to have any more? I said I’m not sure, he said well I can refer you to a good Urologist if you want to get fixed and then he laughed. I said, seems to be working fine to me Doc, If it ain’t broke don’t fix it.
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Good for you!! You know, it is quite disgusting that a doctor would suggest such a permanent option if someone is “unsure” whether or not they wanted more children.
 
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