Factors Influencing Child Bearing with Reliance on Birth Policies in Ahwaz City

Donya Moori Ahmadi¹* and Ali Hosin Hosinzadde²

¹Department of Demografy, Faculty of Social Science, Shoushtar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shoushtar, Iran. ²Department of Social Science, Shahid Chamran University, Ahvaz, Iran.

ABSTRACT: Current work was done aiming at investigating factors influencing birth policies in Ahwaz city. It was conducted using survey method and cluster sampling method. Statistical population included all employed women above 19 years in Ahwaz city. Sample size was considered as 384 with significance level 0.05 percent. Questionnaire was used as data collection tool, reliability of which was confirmed as 0.814 using Cronbach’s alpha coefficient. Its validity was confirmed by the experts. Data were annualized using SPSS software at descriptive and inferential statistics level. Descriptive data showed 36 percent of respondents had three pregnancy experiences and pregnancy with about 35 percent led to birth of 3 children. Also, Pearson and Spearman correlation coefficients were used for testing hypotheses. Results for Pearson correlation coefficient showed there is significant relationship between marriage age, demographic policies by the government and religious tendencies and tendency to fertility and childbearing, while no significant relationship was observed between employment age and economic status of the household and tendency to forming family and fertility.

KEYWORDS:

Fertility; Reproductive age; Marriage age; Demographic policy

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