No differences were observed in background measures for 108 mothers among whom the tubal ligation group was significantly more negative on two measures of attitude toward birth control than those whose husbands had had vasectomies and those who had had no intervention. However, women in the tubal ligation group were of the lowest socioeconomic class.
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