scholarly journals Fertility intentions and influential factors in Dalian urban city ---A cross-sectional study based on Universal Two-child policy in China

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongyan Qiu ◽  
Qun Zhang ◽  
Jin Zhang ◽  
Yangjie Ren ◽  
Xujuan Zhou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Family Income ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Influential Factors ◽  
Fertility Intention ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
Child Policy ◽  
Future Fertility ◽  
Ideal Number ◽  
The Ideal

AbstractBackgroundIn October, 2015, Chinese government announced that one-child policy had finally been replaced by a universal two-child policy. However, the effects of new policy may be far less than expected. So we conducted this research to explore potential influential factors of fertility intention.MethodsThis cross-sectional study was conducted and a self-administered questionnaire was designed for collecting socio-demographic information, future fertility intention and influential factors of individual reproductive behavior. The analyses were performed using the SPSS 19.0 statistical software package.ResultsA total of 1370 respondents were interviewed. Our research indicated that the mean ideal number of children was only 1.73 and urban respondents’ sex preference was symmetrical preference. 79.1% (884) married people had the first child already, only 7.6% (71) respondents had two children. Among 1370 participants, 30.4% respondents stated that they would have a second child; while 69.6% respondents refused to have two children in future (just wanted only a child). Binary logistic regression analysis (model 1) showed that female, older age, lower education lever, birth place was Dalian, lower family income, the ideal number of children were associated with having 1 child in the future. Model 2 (only respondents with childbearing experience) showed that female, lower family income, couldn’t get additional financial support from parents were more likely refused to have two children; in additional, the ideal number of children and childbearing experience were significantly influences on future fertility intention.ConclusionFertility intention and reproductive behavior still below replacement in Dalian city. Our results suggest that several factors (including socioeconomic characteristics, economic factors, desired number of child, childbearing experience) have distinctive effects on fertility intention.

Fertility intentions among the working population of Dalian City born between 1980 and 1989

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Hongyan Qiu ◽  
Qun Zhang ◽  
Jin Zhang ◽  
Qingshan Wang ◽  
Lihong Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Family Income ◽  
Reproductive Behaviour ◽  
Fertility Intentions ◽  
Second Child ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
Child Policy ◽  
Future Fertility ◽  
The Future ◽  
Dalian City ◽  
Ideal Number

Abstract In October 2015, the Chinese Government announced that the one-child policy had finally been replaced by a universal two-child policy. China’s universal two-child policy is highly significant because, for the first time in 36 years, no one in an urban city is restricted to having just one child. This cross-sectional study was conducted to explore future fertility intentions and factors influencing individual reproductive behaviour (whether to have two children) in Dalian City. A total of 1370 respondents were interviewed. The respondents’ mean ideal number of children was only 1.73, and urban respondents’ sex preference was symmetrical. A total of 19.0% of the respondents were unmarried, 64.5% were married and had childbearing experience and only 6.3% of married respondents had two children. Among the 1370 participants, 30.4% stated that they would have a second child, while 69.6% refused to have a second child in the future. Binary logistic regression analysis (Model 1) showed that the following characteristics were associated with having only one child in the future: being female, being older, having a lower education level, being born in Dalian, having a lower family income and reporting one child as the ideal number of children. Model 2 (comprising only respondents with childbearing experience) showed that respondents who were female, had a lower family income and were unable to obtain additional financial support from parents were more likely to intend to stick at one child. In addition, respondents’ ideal number of children and childbearing experiences had a significant influence on future fertility intentions. These results suggest that fertility intentions and reproductive behaviours are still below those needed for replacement level fertility in Dalian City. China’s policymakers should pay more attention to these factors (socioeconomic characteristics, economic factors, desired number of children and childbearing experiences) and try to increase individual reproductive behaviour.

scholarly journals Fertility characteristics and related factors impacting on Syrian refugee women living in Istanbul

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 682-689
Author(s):  
Anahit M Coşkun ◽  
Nebahat Özerdoğan ◽  
Eylem Karakaya ◽  
Eda Yakıt
Keyword(s):  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Influential Factors ◽  
Safe Motherhood ◽  
Access To Health Services ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
Refugee Women ◽  
Syrian Refugee ◽  
Impacting Factors

Background: Women’s fertility characteristics are affected by many different factors. Aim: To gain an awareness of fertility characteristics of Syrian refugee women and the influential factors. Methods: This study was planned as a cross-sectional study to determine the efficiency and related factors of Syrian refugees living in Istanbul. The survey of 300 refugee women applying Arabs who migrated to Turkey, Kurds, Turkmen and Yezidi origin they receive. Results: Average age of the women studied was 34.26 ± 10.15, 34.6% of the participants had not received any education, 37% had less than two-year inter-pregnancy interval, 58.6% have not received “Safe Motherhood” service, 43.6% have conceived their last child unwillingly. Women in the study group had in average 3±2,4 children and the number of children they wanted was 3±1,59. These values were substantially affected negatively by the women’s education level and positively by the income level. Yezidis had significantly more children than other ethnic groups and did not have a “religious ban” on voluntary abortion. Conclusion: It has been noted that fertility characteristics of refugee women who migrated to Turkey changed according to their ethnic backgrounds and were sustained in the country they migrated to. Along with harsh living conditions and insufficient access to health services the situation has been observed to pose serious risks on reproductive health. Keywords: Syrian refugee woman; fertility characteristics; impacting factors.

scholarly journals Demographic and Socio-Cultural Determinants of Intended and Unintended Pregnancies Among Women Under Cancer Treatment in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran

2021 ◽  
Vol In Press (In Press) ◽  
Author(s):  
Khadijeh Asadisarvestani ◽  
Maryam Navaee
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Treatment ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Influential Factors ◽  
Reproductive Age ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
Unintended Pregnancies ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
One Year ◽  
Sistan And Baluchestan

Background: One of the main concerns during cancer treatment is the occurrence of pregnancy due to its wide range of complications. Objectives: This study aimed to determine some influential factors on pregnancy during cancer treatment among women of reproductive ages that were under cancer treatment. Methods: This cross-sectional study investigated 133 women of reproductive age, who were under cancer treatment, as well as women who had undergone chemotherapy or radiotherapy up to one year ago in Sistan and Baluchestan Province. Data were collected from three medical centers in Zahedan from 2019 to 2020, using a researcher-made questionnaire. Results: Regarding the pregnancy rate, 23.0% of women had pregnancy during cancer treatment, including unintended (52.0%) and intended (48.0%) pregnancies that 55.0% of these pregnancies led to abortion, and 45.0% to livebirths. The results highlighted that during treatment women with and without pregnancy differed significantly in age (P = 0.001), ethnicity (P = 0.024), husband’s education level (P = 0.014), woman’s occupation (P = 0.021), couple’s agreement on number of children (P = 0.024), and physician consultation about contraceptives (P = 0.048). The main predictors of pregnancy were the woman’s age pregnancy (OR = 0.927, P = 0.011), occupation (OR = 0.358, P = 0.046), and ethnicity (OR = 2.49, P = 0.045). Conclusions: Considering the complications of pregnancy during cancer treatment, health planners should pay more attention to family planning for women under treatment, particularly in less developed regions.

scholarly journals Formation of the Reproductive Behavior of Healthcare Students Depending on Their Mothers’ Realized Plans

Folia Medica ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 62 (3) ◽  
pp. 477-481
Author(s):  
Daniela Taneva ◽  
Angelina Kirkova
Keyword(s):  
Birth Rate ◽  
Statistical Processing ◽  
Reproductive Behaviour ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Central Position ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Marriage And Family ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
Significant Factors ◽  
The Ideal

Introduction: A socio-demographic analysis of marriage and family requires conducting deep studies penetrating the essence of the processes among the population. The issue of birth-rate, as a basic factor that determines the reproduction of the population, takes a central position in the demographic studies. The study of the influence of the mothers’ reproductive behaviour on their daughters’ repro-ductive attitude is of an undisputed interest. This study deals with mothers’ realized plans as a factor in their daughters’ family planning. Materials and methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out in 2018 through a direct group anonymous inquiry among 395 female students. The statistical processing of the data was made with descriptive, alternative, correlation and variance analyses. Results: The students’ reproductive behaviour is statistically significantly dependent on their mothers’ realized family plans. Moth-ers’ education and the real number of children are statistically significant factors for their daughters’ views about the ideal and planned number of children.  Conclusion: This study of the reproductive behaviour of the students advances the knowledge in the field by revealing that it is statisti-cally significantly dependent on their mothers’ realized plans. 

scholarly journals Birth cohort changes in fertility ideals: Evidence from repeated cross-sectional surveys in Finland

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kateryna Savelieva ◽  
Natalie Nitsche ◽  
Venla Berg ◽  
Anneli Miettinen ◽  
Anna Rotkirch ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Birth Cohort ◽  
Fertility Decline ◽  
Birth Cohorts ◽  
Family Policies ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Great Recession ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
Ideal Number ◽  
The Ideal

Since the great recession, fertility has been declining steeply in some high-income countries. It is, however, unknown whether the ideal number of children, a key predictor of fertility behaviour, has also declined, either in parallel or prior to fertility decline. Finland is known for its supportive family policies, but is among those countries, which have experienced drastic and poorly understood fertility decline over the last decade. Using repeated cross-sectional survey data from the Finnish Family Barometers, we examined birth cohort changes in ideal number of children among men and women born in 1970–94. Our findings indicate that the ideal number of children was lower among more recent compared to earlier birth cohorts. This difference in fertility ideals was driven by larger proportions of those preferring to remain childless among the recent birth cohorts. This suggests that attitudes of Finns towards childbearing have changed and may contribute to recent fertility decline.

scholarly journals Risk factors of Early Shedding of Deciduous Teeth in Children under Five Years

2021 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-105
Author(s):  
Abul Kalam Mohammad Asad ◽  
Rumana Sabnom ◽  
Nur E Saud ◽  
Ayrin Parvin ◽  
Md Shoyeb Rahman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dental Caries ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Dental Trauma ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Deciduous Teeth ◽  
Socioeconomic Background ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Under Five ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
Tooth Cleaning

A descriptive cross-sectional study was undertaken in Shimul Memorial North-South School Laxmipur Branch, Rajshahi. Among the children aged under five years with premature or early tooth loss or shedding. In order to find out the relationship between early shedding of deciduous teeth and selected dental conditions like dental caries, dental trauma, etc., and socioeconomic background.  In this study, out of 110 children, 61 (55.5%) were male, and 49 (44.5%) were female. It was observed that the highest number of children, 109 (99.1%), were Muslim and 1 (0.9%) was Hindu. Among all the parents of children, 6 (5.5%) were educated up to primary level, and 33(30%) were masters and above. Regarding monthly family income, 2 (1.8%) had Tk. 5000-8000 and 15 (13.6%) parents had Tk. 15000-18000. The majority (66.4%) of the children under study were found to clean teeth only once daily. Tooth cleaning by toothbrush & paste and frequency was once daily73 (66.4%). Children liked more sugar-containing food 89 (80.9%) and used to take milk at bedtime (42.7%). The majority of the respondents had intake carbohydrate 91 (82.7%) containing food and the majority of the respondents, 61 (65.5%), had dental caries.  A significant association was found between dental carries and shedding of deciduous teeth, but no association was found between sugar- containing food and shedding of teeth. TAJ 2021; 34: No-1: 97-105

scholarly journals The Analysis of Husband’s Support to the Ideal Number of Children

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 013-017
Author(s):  
Hinda Novianty
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
Ideal Number ◽  
Health Institutions ◽  
Good Support ◽  
The Ideal

Having two children is enough is a manifestation of one of the criteria of quality family for theprogram of ideal number of children. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to know the description ofthe husband’s support to the ideal number of children in RT 9 RW III Plipir Sekardangan Sidoarjo. Thedesign of study was descriptive done by using cross sectional approach. The population involved all ofthe husbands in fertile age, totally 83 people, in which 38 respondents were taken as the samples byusing simple random sampling technique. The variable of study was the husband’s support to the idealnumber of children. The instrument used to collect the data was a questionnaire. The data processingwas done by editing, scoring, coding, and tabulating. Moreover, the data analysis was done by usingdescriptive statistics, and presented in percentage form. The result of study showed that among 38respondents, most of them, totally 60.5% showed a good support on the program of ideal number ofchildren, whereas nearly half of them, totally 39.5% showed a bad support. The conclusion of study wasthat the husbands have supported the ideal number of children. Hence, they should keep on supportingit and ask the others to give support too. The health institutions should also play their roles actively tosucceed the program of quality family 2015.

scholarly journals Food insecurity among the elderly: cross-sectional study with soup kitchen users

2013 ◽  
Vol 26 (6) ◽  
pp. 679-691 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruna Fernanda do Nascimento Jacinto de Souza ◽  
Letícia Marín-León
Keyword(s):  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Multinomial Logistic Regression ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Welfare Programs ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Socioeconomic Condition ◽  
Soup Kitchen

OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether food insecurity is associated with the demographic, socioeconomic, lifestyle, and health conditions of the elderly. METHODS: This cross-sectional study included 427 elderly (³60 years) from Campinas, São Paulo; half were users of a government-run soup kitchen and the others, their neighbors of the same sex. Food insecurity was measured by the Brazilian Food Insecurity Scale. Univariate multinomial logistic regression was used for calculating the odds ratio and 95% confidence interval to measure the association between the independent variables and food insecurity. Variables with p<0.20 were included in a multinomial model, and only those with p<0.05 remained. RESULTS: Most respondents (63.2%) were males; 15.2% and 6.6% were experiencing mild and moderate/severe food insecurity, respectively. The final model, adjusted for sex and age, showed that elderly with a total family income ≤2 minimum salaries (OR=3.41, 95%CI=1.27-9.14), who did not have a job (OR=2.95, 95%CI=1.23-7.06), and who were obese (OR=2.01, 95%CI=1.04-3.87) were more likely to be mildly food insecure. Elderly with cancer (OR=4.13, 95%CI=1.21-14.0) and those hospitalized in the past year (OR=3.16, 95%CI=1.23-8.11) were more likely to be moderately/severely food insecure. Finally, elderly living in unfinished houses (OR=2.71; and OR=2.92) and who did not consume fruits (OR=2.95 and OR=4.11) or meats daily (OR=2.04 and OR=3.83) were more likely to be mildly and moderately/severely food insecure. CONCLUSION: Food insecure elderly are more likely to have chronic diseases, poor nutritional status, and poor socioeconomic condition. Therefore, the welfare programs should expand the number of soup kitchens and develop other strategies to assure adequate nutrition to these elderly.

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