Survey of fertility motivations and some related factors in women of reproductive age who referred to health centers in Sabzevar in 2016

Background: Considering the severe decline in fertility rates in Iran, which could cause irreparable economic and social damage to the country, it is necessary to survey the effective factors on the reduction of fertility rates.Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the fertility motivations and some related factors in women of reproductive age who referred to health centers in Sabzevar in 2016.Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed on 450 women (in age 18-35 years) with method of clustered. Data collection tools included demographic questionnaire, Miller’s Childbearing Questionnaire. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation tests, Spearman, and Kruskal Wallis tests. The significance level was p<0.05.Results: The average score of positive fertility motivation was 22.64±0.33 and the negative motives was 17.1±3.85. There was a significant and reverse correlation between positive fertility motivation with Education level (p=0.01) and between the negative fertility motivation with income level (p=0.001). There was a significant and direct correlation between the positive fertility motivation with age (p=0.01), number of pregnancies, childbirth and children (p=0.001).There was a significant relationship between child gender, lodging and spouse s occupation (p=0.01).Conclusion: The results of this study showed that age, education level, number of children and pregnancies and delivery, income level, spouse s occupation, place of lodging, having both of child sex, duration of marriage and female employment are factors related to fertility motives.

کلیدواژه ها:

Fertility motivations ، Women ، Fertility ، Related factors