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J Health Syst Res 2024, 20(2): 106-113 |
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Research code: IR.SUMS.REC.1399.1090
Ethics code: IR.SUMS.REC.1399.1090
Clinical trials code: IR.SUMS.REC.1399.1090
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Mahmoudiani S, Dehghani M. Studying the Relationship between Fertility Knowledge and Childbearing among Women Attending the Health Centers in Zarrin Shahr City, Iran. J Health Syst Res 2024; 20 (2) :106-113
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1- Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Social Planning, School of Economics, Management and Social Sciences, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
2- Department of Sociology and Social Planning, School of Economics, Management and Social Sciences, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
2- Department of Sociology and Social Planning, School of Economics, Management and Social Sciences, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
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Background: Childbearing is one of the most important demographic issues that has gained double importance in today's Iranian society. It is affected by many factors. Fertility knowledge is one of the factors influencing childbearing. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between fertility knowledge and women's childbearing.
Methods: This study was conducted with a quantitative approach and a survey method. For this purpose, 400 women attending the health centers in Zarrin Shahr City in Isfahan Province, Iran, were surveyed in 2022. The data were collected using a standard questionnaire and analyzed in SPSS software using correlation tests, mean comparison (t and F), and multiple linear regression.
Findings: Fertility knowledge, monthly income, and education of women and their husbands had a significant negative correlation with the number of live children ever born. The relationship between the age, the age of the husband, and the duration of marriage with the number of live children ever born was positive and significant. The findings of multiple linear regression analysis indicated that increase in women's fertility knowledge, age of the husband, education of the husband, and the monthly income led to a significant decrease in the number of live children ever born. The findings also showed that the number of live children ever born to employed women was significantly less than non-employed women.
Conclusion: Women's low knowledge about factors affecting infertility and fertility can affect the quantity and quality of their childbearing. Thus, improving women's fertility knowledge can lead to healthy pregnancies among women and subsequently improve the health of mothers.
Methods: This study was conducted with a quantitative approach and a survey method. For this purpose, 400 women attending the health centers in Zarrin Shahr City in Isfahan Province, Iran, were surveyed in 2022. The data were collected using a standard questionnaire and analyzed in SPSS software using correlation tests, mean comparison (t and F), and multiple linear regression.
Findings: Fertility knowledge, monthly income, and education of women and their husbands had a significant negative correlation with the number of live children ever born. The relationship between the age, the age of the husband, and the duration of marriage with the number of live children ever born was positive and significant. The findings of multiple linear regression analysis indicated that increase in women's fertility knowledge, age of the husband, education of the husband, and the monthly income led to a significant decrease in the number of live children ever born. The findings also showed that the number of live children ever born to employed women was significantly less than non-employed women.
Conclusion: Women's low knowledge about factors affecting infertility and fertility can affect the quantity and quality of their childbearing. Thus, improving women's fertility knowledge can lead to healthy pregnancies among women and subsequently improve the health of mothers.
Type of Study: Research |
Subject:
education health and promotion
Received: 2023/01/11 | Accepted: 2023/08/19 | Published: 2024/07/5
Received: 2023/01/11 | Accepted: 2023/08/19 | Published: 2024/07/5
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