0 the medical operation of cutting the tubes through which a man's sperm move, in order to stop his partner getting pregnant
1 the medical operation of cutting the tubes through which a man’s semen (= liquid containing sperm) move, in order to make him unable to make a woman pregnant
The results of the present survey indicate the range of attitudes displayed by men undergoing vasectomy.
Even more remarkable is the willingness of husbands from all social classes to have vasectomy performed.
Except for three men who had no children but still wanted to have a vasectomy, the range of children was from one to eight.
Over two-thirds (68 %) of the men reported that they or their wives had practised some form of birth control before the vasectomy operation.
The vasectomy wives showed a similar pattern to the men.
The largest percentage of men (43 %) first learned about vasectomy through the mass media.
The present study collects information on the reasons for choosing vasectomy, as opposed to other methods-both actual and hypothetical.
This did not emerge, with only 13% of the current vasectomy men nominating this.
