Due to the lack of research on this topic in Slovenia, our study investigated the determinants of attitudes towards hormonal contraception. Hormonal contraception has a number of potential side effects and risks in addition to its potential benefits. Its use is associated with good information. Women are least or not at all aware of the rare side effects. Men's involvement in decision-making about and use of contraception is still limited. Discourses related to gender norms have a major impact on contraceptive choice and use. Our research method was an online survey. Our sample consisted of 392 people, the majority of whom were female. We found that participants with more positive attitudes towards hormonal contraception, more positive evaluations of other people's experiences with the method and, to a greater extent, participants who were familiar with the method and how it works and who had positive attitudes towards women, were more likely to use hormonal contraception. Participants with more patriarchal attitudes (i.e. mainly older people) were more likely to rate their attitudes towards the method as positive. They also had more sources of knowledge about the method and how it works. The more patriarchal attitudes they expressed, the less likely they were to rate their attitudes towards women and hormonal contraception as positive, the less knowledge they had about the method and its side-effects and risks, and the older they were. They also had more sources of information about the method and how it works. Among the socio-demographic factors, only social sex and biological sex had an effect on agreement with this statement. However, socio-demographic factors had no effect at all on attitudes towards hormonal contraception. There is a considerable lack of research in our field and, in general, there is still a lot to be done in the field of hormonal contraception. This is the only way we can help to raise awareness of contraception and reduce unwanted pregnancies and potential risks.
