Factors related to childbearing intentions among women: a cross-sectional study in health centers, Saveh, Iran
Abstract Background One of the most important demographic challenges over the recent three decades in the world has been a significant fall in the fertility rate. This study aimed to investigate factors related to childbearing intentions among a sample of Iranian women. Methods A cross-sectional stu...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:0e1a1f70adcd41548490c92ff6dd8376 2023-05-15T15:09:39+02:00 Factors related to childbearing intentions among women: a cross-sectional study in health centers, Saveh, Iran Marzieh Araban Mahmood Karimy Bahram Armoon Fereshteh Zamani-Alavijeh 2020-02-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1186/s42506-020-0035-4 https://doaj.org/article/0e1a1f70adcd41548490c92ff6dd8376 EN eng SpringerOpen http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42506-020-0035-4 https://doaj.org/toc/2090-262X doi:10.1186/s42506-020-0035-4 2090-262X https://doaj.org/article/0e1a1f70adcd41548490c92ff6dd8376 Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association, Vol 95, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2020) Childbearing Intention Fertility Psychosocial factors Women Iran Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 article 2020 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1186/s42506-020-0035-4 2022-12-30T21:54:08Z Abstract Background One of the most important demographic challenges over the recent three decades in the world has been a significant fall in the fertility rate. This study aimed to investigate factors related to childbearing intentions among a sample of Iranian women. Methods A cross-sectional study of a sample of Iranian married women attending 8 centers in Saveh was conducted in 2015. A total of 483 married women 15–49 years old participated in this study. A questionnaire was used to collect data about demographics, attitude, subjective norms, marital satisfaction, social support, hopefulness, and behavioral intentions of childbearing. Results Overall, 62% of women in the study intended to have children in the next 2 years. The group willing to have children had a higher score on attitude, subjective norms, hopefulness, perceived social support, and marital satisfaction compared to the group unwilling to have children. Also, the regression results revealed that the variables of age, literacy status, employment status, husband literacy, women and husband occupation status, attitude, subjective norms, hopefulness, perceived social support, and marital satisfaction were significant predicting factors for childbearing intention (P < 0.05). Conclusions and recommendations The findings highlighted the importance of psychological factors such as marital satisfaction and social support in the childbearing process. Thus, health system planners should pay more attention to these determinants of fertility intention. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association 95 1 |
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Abstract Background One of the most important demographic challenges over the recent three decades in the world has been a significant fall in the fertility rate. This study aimed to investigate factors related to childbearing intentions among a sample of Iranian women. Methods A cross-sectional study of a sample of Iranian married women attending 8 centers in Saveh was conducted in 2015. A total of 483 married women 15–49 years old participated in this study. A questionnaire was used to collect data about demographics, attitude, subjective norms, marital satisfaction, social support, hopefulness, and behavioral intentions of childbearing. Results Overall, 62% of women in the study intended to have children in the next 2 years. The group willing to have children had a higher score on attitude, subjective norms, hopefulness, perceived social support, and marital satisfaction compared to the group unwilling to have children. Also, the regression results revealed that the variables of age, literacy status, employment status, husband literacy, women and husband occupation status, attitude, subjective norms, hopefulness, perceived social support, and marital satisfaction were significant predicting factors for childbearing intention (P < 0.05). Conclusions and recommendations The findings highlighted the importance of psychological factors such as marital satisfaction and social support in the childbearing process. Thus, health system planners should pay more attention to these determinants of fertility intention. |
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