Instability of the Determinants of Birth Intervals in Ahvaz-Iran: A Structural Change Modelling Approach

Rasekh, Abdolrahman; Imami, Hadi

doi:10.18869/acadpub.jsri.8.1.63

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“…Fertility factors affect child spacing and birth intervals reveal reproduction patterns. Analysis of the childbearing process reveal about the dynamics of fertility transitions [ 20 ].…”

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Modeling successive birth interval of women in Ethiopia: application of parametric shared frailty and accelerated failure time model

Mustefa

Belay

2021

BMC Women's Health

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Background Both short and long birth intervals are associated with many risk factors and about 29% of births are short birth intervals in Ethiopia. The purpose of this study is to model the birth intervals of adult women aged 15–49 years using accelerated failure time and shared frailty models in order to analyze the birth intervals of Ethiopian women. Methods The data was obtained from the 2016 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey (EDHS). Accelerated failure time with different baseline and shared frailty models are used for the analysis to identify important demographic and socio-economic factors affecting the length of birth intervals and correlates of the birth intervals respectively. Results The data consists of 9147 women, of which about 7842 (85.5%) are closed interval and the rest of 1323(14.5%) are open interval. Accelerated failure time (AFT) result revealed that women education level, husbands education level, age at first birth, marital status, religion and family wealth index are significant factors affecting birth interval of women in Ethiopia. Conclusion Women with closely spaced births tend to have larger family sizes when compared with women with longer inter-birth interval. Longer successive birth interval tends to reduce the total fertility rate of women. Furthermore, improvements in socio-economic status and level of education of women associate with reduced fertility, improved maternal and child wellbeing, and longer birth interval.

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“…Fertility factors affect child spacing and birth intervals reveal reproduction patterns. Analysis of the childbearing process reveal about the dynamics of fertility transitions [ 20 ].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Modeling successive birth interval of women in Ethiopia: application of parametric shared frailty and accelerated failure time model

Mustefa

Belay

2021

BMC Women's Health

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“…The researcher-made childbearing questionnaire was designed based on different studies and theses (24,(31)(32)(33)(34)(35)(36)(37) and examined factors affecting women's childbearing including the age of the woman and her spouse, age at marriage, duration of marriage, the woman and her spouse's level of education, the woman and her spouse's birth place, the couple's ethnicity, the woman's and her spouse's occupation, the number of children, children's gender and age, the age gap between the children, the number of pregnancies and time since marriage, and the birth of the first child.…”

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Correlation Between Number and Gender Composition of Children and Marital Satisfaction in Women Presenting to Health Centers in Tehran-Iran, 2015

Ghahremani

Doulabi

Eslami

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Iran J Psychiatry Behav Sci

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Background: Marital satisfaction is defined as a mental state reflecting the pressures and benefits perceived by the couple in their life. Several factors seem to contribute to marital satisfaction and success including having children. Objectives: The present study aimed at evaluating the effect of the number and gender composition of children (having only sons, only daughters, and children of both genders) on marital satisfaction in women of childbearing age in Tehran. Methods: This descriptive correlational study was conducted on 213 married females aged 15 to 45 years presenting to health centers in Tehran, Iran, in 2015. The demographic questionnaire, the ENRICH marital satisfaction scale, and a researcher-made childbearing questionnaire were used for data collection. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and ANOVA in SPSS version 17. The level of statistical significance was set at P < 0.05. Results:The results of the present study revealed a significant correlation between the mean score of marital satisfaction and the number of children (P = 0.005); for instance, women's marital satisfaction reduced with an increase in the number of children. The results also revealed a greater marital satisfaction in women with children of the same gender than in those with children of both genders. Moreover, the mean score of marital satisfaction was significantly higher in women with only sons than in those with either only daughters or with children of both genders (P = 0.013). Conclusions: Women's marital satisfaction decreased with an increase in the number of children. Children's gender affected marital satisfaction. Women with only sons had a greater marital satisfaction than those women with only daughters, or with children of both genders.

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“…For example, Erfani and McQuillan (2) found that 61% of the reduction in the observed fertility rate in Iran was attributed to contraceptive use, 31% to the postponement of marriage among young population and other 8% to abortion and postpartum infecundability. Among socio-economic structural factors, influencing fertility behavior through proximate determinates, women's education had the greatest impact on postponing or stopping births in Iran (18)(19)(20). Yet, there is limited systematic knowledge on the role of 'economic' factors influencing fertility behavior in Iran.…”

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Localization of determinants of fertility through measurement adaptations in developing-country settings: The case of Iran Comment on “Analysis of economic determinants of fertility in Iran: a multilevel approach”

Amir

2014

Int J Health Policy Manag

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Studies investigating fertility decline in developing countries often adopt measures of determinants of fertility behavior developed based on observations from developed countries, without adapting them to the realities of the study setting. As a result, their findings are usually invalid, anomalous or statistically non-significant. This commentary draws on the research article by Moeeni and colleagues, as an exemplary work which has not adapted measures of two key economic determinants of fertility behavior, namely gender inequality and opportunity costs of childbearing, to the realities of Iran's economy. Measurement adaptations that can improve the study are discussed.

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Instability of the Determinants of Birth Intervals in Ahvaz-Iran: A Structural Change Modelling Approach

Cited by 4 publications

References 10 publications

Modeling successive birth interval of women in Ethiopia: application of parametric shared frailty and accelerated failure time model

Modeling successive birth interval of women in Ethiopia: application of parametric shared frailty and accelerated failure time model

Correlation Between Number and Gender Composition of Children and Marital Satisfaction in Women Presenting to Health Centers in Tehran-Iran, 2015

Localization of determinants of fertility through measurement adaptations in developing-country settings: The case of Iran Comment on “Analysis of economic determinants of fertility in Iran: a multilevel approach”

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