A Note on Desired Family Size and Contraceptive use in Rural Egypt

SummaryThe influence of fertility preferences on contraceptive use is examined among a sample of low income, rural Egyptian women. The findings reveal that while overall use of contraceptives was at modest levels, one-third of respondents who wanted no more children were currently practising contraception. Moreover, fertility preference emerged as the strongest predictor of contraception among the series of social and demographic factors examined.

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FERTILITY PREFERENCES AND CONTRACEPTIVE PRACTICE IN NIGERIA

Annals of the Social Science Academy of Nigeria ◽

10.36108/ssan/7991.09.0110 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Uche C, Isiugo-Abanihe

Keyword(s):

Family Size ◽

Contraceptive Use ◽

Population Policy ◽

Large Family ◽

Fertility Control ◽

Married Women ◽

Fertility Preferences ◽

Fertility Preference ◽

Desired Family Size ◽

Living Children

Fertility preferences reported by currently married women are analyzed with respect to their characteristics and contraceptive use. Only 36 percent of the women gave numerical responses to the question on desired family size, while 63 percent gave ‘up to God’ responses. Nigerian women still have a preference for a large family size (6 children), which may be considered moderate relative to family size of 7 to 10 children reported in earlier studies. Only 18 percent of currently married women desired to cease childbearing, a low figure indeed, but much higher that the 5 percent recorded a decade ago by a comparable national survey. The study reveals a^ high level of consistency between desire for children and whether or not desired family size exceeds the number of living children, and shows that fertility preference reasonably predicts contraceptive use. Desire to cease childbearing is as closely related to contraceptive use as most of other variables considered. There is therefore the need to improve contraceptive accessibility and knowledge of fertility control possibilities for the general public, which are among the objectives of Nigeria’s population policy.

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Effects of family sex composition on fertility preference and behaviour in rural Bangladesh

Journal of Biosocial Science ◽

10.1017/s0021932000021830 ◽

1993 ◽

Vol 25 (4) ◽

pp. 455-464 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

A. I. Chowdhury ◽

Radheshyam Bairagi ◽

Michael A. Koenig

Keyword(s):

Longitudinal Data ◽

Family Size ◽

Contraceptive Use ◽

Sex Composition ◽

Fertility Preferences ◽

Fertility Preference ◽

Rural Bangladesh ◽

Sex Preference ◽

Subsequent Fertility ◽

Living Children

SummaryThe effects of family sex composition on fertility preferences and behaviour during the period 1977–88 are examined using longitudinal data from Matlab, Bangladesh. The sex composition of living children was found to be systematically related to fertility preferences and behaviour, with a higher number of sons at each family size associated with a higher percentage of women wanting no more children, a higher percentage currently using contraception, and lower subsequent fertility. However, the highest percentage wanting no more children, using contraception and having lowest subsequent fertility was found among women who already had one daughter as well as at least one son. The effects of sex preference on fertility preferences and behaviour were measured using an index developed by Arnold (1985). The results suggest that while sex preference remained largely unchanged during the study period, its effect on contraceptive use declined and its impact on actual fertility remained modest and fairly stable.

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Factors affecting desired family size in Bangladesh

Journal of Biosocial Science ◽

10.1017/s0021932000021441 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 26 (3) ◽

pp. 369-375 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

M. Kabir ◽

Ruhul Amin ◽

Ashraf Uddin Ahmed ◽

Jamir Chowdhury

Keyword(s):

Regression Analysis ◽

Family Size ◽

Contraceptive Use ◽

Policy Implications ◽

Work Status ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Rural Bangladesh ◽

Contraceptive Prevalence ◽

Using Data ◽

Desired Family Size

SummaryFactors affecting desired family size in rural Bangladesh are examined using data from contraceptive prevalence surveys conducted between 1983 and 1991. The analysis suggests that mothers having two sons and one daughter are more inclined to perceive their family as complete than those having three sons and no daughter. Logistic regression analysis indicates that important determinants of desire for more children are age of woman, current contraceptive use status, work status, and family planning worker's visit. The policy implications of these findings are discussed.

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Study of Some Sociodemographic Factors in Teenage Pregnancy

Chattagram Maa-O-Shishu Hospital Medical College Journal ◽

10.3329/cmoshmcj.v13i3.21017 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 13 (3) ◽

pp. 21-25 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Kamrun Nessa ◽

Mossammat Zebunnesa ◽

Nahla Bari ◽

Adnan Bin Saleh

Keyword(s):

Low Income ◽

Teenage Pregnancy ◽

Contraceptive Use ◽

Demographic Factors ◽

Fetal Distress ◽

Teen Mothers ◽

Socioeconomic Condition ◽

Group A ◽

Socio Demographic Factors ◽

Group B

Background: Teen age pregnancy is associated with adverse labour outcome. Analysis of teenage pregnancy shown it was related to a range of social back ground, family and individual factors. Objective: To study the socio demographic factors related to teenage pregnancy and its complications. Methods: A cross sectional observational study was performed over a period of one year (September 2009- August 2010) at the obstetrics department of Chittagong Medical College Hospital. Consecutive six hundred pregnant mothers admitted for delivery that were fulfilled inclusion criteria included in study group. Among them 300 were teen aged (13- 19yrs) belongs to group A and 300 were adult (20-29 yrs) belongs to group B. Socio demographic factors like habitation, religion, family income, education, occupation, contraceptive use, pregnancy plan and antenatal care enquired. Labour complications i.e. prolong or obstructed, fetal distress, mode of delivery, stillbirth, birth weight and birth asphyxia was recorded on a preformed questionnaire and statistical analysis done by using SPSS package for windows version 12. Results: Teenage mother has significant lower mean age at delivery than adults (18.61-+72 vs. 23.87-+ 2.8yrs. P<.001) among teen mothers74% were Muslim, 69% from rural area and slum. 92% were house wife 7.3% service holder and 64.7% had primary education which almost similar as comparison group. Most of the teen mothers from low income group than adult (70% vs.30%).In group A planned pregnancy were (18.7% vs.24.7%) and contraceptive use ( 21.3% vs.72%) which significantly less in comparison to group B. Regular antenatal check up also(10% vs.26%, P<001) less in them. Teen mothers found more anemic (47% vs. 30%). Obstructed labour (14.2% vs. 10.6%) Eclampsia( 3.9% vs.2.1%) and fetal distress (24.2% vs.17.1%) more in A group whereas Prolong labour( 45.5% vs. 55.3%) and Hemorrhage(5.2% vs.14.2%) less in comparison with group B. Caesarean sections and instrumental deliveries significantly higher (59.3% vs.48.7%,) & (6% vs.2.3%) and fetal outcome adverse in teen mothers in comparison to adult mothers. Conclusion: Low socioeconomic condition, limited education, religious and cultural factors all appeared to be related with teenage pregnancy and its adverse outcome.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/cmoshmcj.v13i3.21017

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Patterns of Family Building and Contraceptive Use of Middle-Class Couples

Journal of Biosocial Science ◽

10.1017/s0021932000011457 ◽

1978 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

pp. 39-58 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Diana Woodward ◽

Ann Heath ◽

Lynne Chisholm

Keyword(s):

Middle Class ◽

Family Size ◽

Contraceptive Use ◽

Relative Effectiveness ◽

World Population ◽

Full Time ◽

Contraceptive Usage ◽

Family Building ◽

Desired Family Size ◽

High Level

SummaryInterviews with 103 middle-class wives on their family building experiences and use of birth control techniques show this highly educated group to be effective family planners in comparison with other social groups. The wives developed clear ideas early in marriage about family size, timing and spacing, formulated with reference to sets of beliefs about the transmission of cultural advantage from parents to children, and their social responsibility in relation to world population levels. Ideas about the spacing of children and desired family size appear to be influenced by the women’s orientation towards returning to employment, but their relatively late age of terminating full-time education has had remarkably little effect on the timing of either marriage or the first child’s birth. Female contraceptive methods were most popular with this sample, and their relative effectiveness as family planners may be explained by their preference for the more reliable techniques and high level of motivation to use them efficiently. Variations in patterns of contraceptive usage noted between this and other studies are probably a function of age differences in the groups of women surveyed.

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DETERMINANTS OF CONTRACEPTIVE DISCONTINUATION IN SIX DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

Journal of Biosocial Science ◽

10.1017/s0021932099003430 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 31 (3) ◽

pp. 343-360 ◽

Cited By ~ 32

Author(s):

MOHAMED ALI ◽

JOHN CLELAND

Keyword(s):

At Risk ◽

Developing Countries ◽

Phase I ◽

Family Size ◽

Demographic Factors ◽

Fertility Preferences ◽

Prior Use ◽

Contraceptive Discontinuation ◽

Using Data ◽

Cumulative Probabilities

This analysis investigates the determinants of contraceptive discontinuation in six developing countries, using data from Phase I surveys of the DHS programme. Cumulative probabilities of discontinuation at 24 months for reasons other than the desire for another child were examined. By this time, typically about 40% of couples have stopped use and most are subsequently at risk of an unwanted conception. Discontinuation of IUD use was found to be less common than for other methods, partly perhaps because cessation of use requires a deliberate decision to have the device removed.The most important results are negative ones. Neither the schooling of couples nor their type of residence exerted appreciable influence on discontinuation. The policy and programme implications are discussed. Prior use of a method, fertility preferences and the related demographic factors of age and family size emerged as pervasive predictors of discontinuation.

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The influence of wife's education on fertility in rural Egypt

Journal of Biosocial Science ◽

10.1017/s0021932000010464 ◽

1976 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 53-60 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Atef M Khalifa

Keyword(s):

Family Planning ◽

Infant Mortality ◽

Family Size ◽

Pregnancy Loss ◽

Inverse Relationship ◽

Contraceptive Use ◽

Inverse Association ◽

Live Births ◽

Positive Correlations ◽

Desired Family Size

Based on survey data from rural Egypt, the effects of the wife's education on fertility and family planning were investigated and shown to be very important. In accordance with the results of most other studies, there is an inverse relationship with the number of live births. The wife's education is also shown to influence attitudes towards family size, spacing, and knowledge and approval of contraceptives, all of which lead to a high proportion of contraceptive use and help to achieve the desired family size. There was also a clear inverse association between the wife's education and pregnancy loss and infant mortality; these latter two variables showed positive correlations with the number of live births.(Summary in Arabic on p. 60)

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