The Consistency and Validity of Reproductive Attitudes: Evidence From Morocco

Bankole, Akinrinola; Westoff, Charles F.

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“…The most relevant research on some of these questions (Bankole and Westoff, 1998) is based on a panel study of women in Morocco who were initially interviewed in 1992 and re-interviewed in 1995. The second interview included the same questions about reproductive preferences at both times as well as questions about the planning status of the same births reported in the earlier survey.…”

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“…Data from several recent surveys have been examined in which the planning status of the last birth is tabulated over a five-year period but no evidence at all appears that the proportion unwanted diminishes with time. Thus, there is still some question about all of this but the longitudinal design is clearly the superior approach (Bankole and Westoff, 1998).…”

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Abortion Worldwide 2017: Uneven Progress and Unequal Access

Singh¹,

Remez²,

Sedgh³

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; internet: www.measuredhs.com).The main objectives of the MEASURE DHS project are: to provide decisionmakers in survey countries with information useful for informed policy choices;  to expand the international population and health database;  to advance survey methodology; and  to develop in participating countries the skills and resources necessary to conduct highquality demographic and health surveys.

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Section: Appendix A: Measures Of Reproductive Preferencesmentioning

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Section: Appendix A: Measures Of Reproductive Preferencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Abortion Worldwide 2017: Uneven Progress and Unequal Access

Singh¹,

Remez²,

Sedgh³

et al. 2018

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“…Moreover, previous studies on fertility preferences and outcomes in the region have not examined how individual, household, or community effects; less concern on gender preference is also observed to translate fertility preferences into behavior. 8,15 For a developing country like Bangladesh where third stage of demographic transition has started, fertility preference is one of the key factors that may decline fertility rate. Since parity progression to the next level is based on the joint decisions of couples when confronted with specific related outcomes (number of parity/gender of index child/live birth), a focus on the experiences of individual couples is needed.…”

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Factors influencing fertility preference of a developing country during demographic transition: Evidence from Bangladesh

Rabbi

2015

SE Asia J. Pub. Health

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Fertility preferences indicate the extent of intended control over reproductive outcomes, and are therefore vital components in the analysis of individual fertility behavior and aggregate fertility trends of a country. Despite extensive research, dissimilarities remain regarding the prior stated fertility preferences and subsequent fertility behavior, especially in case of developing countries like Bangladesh; where third stage of demographic transition begun as a result of continuous assessment. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the differentials of fertility preference as well as the possible timing of the next parity progression of those Bangladeshi couples having positive intentions for more children. BDHS-2007 data is used to estimate a series of discrete time event history models of fertility preference and possible timing for next parity progression considering the dynamic nature of fertility preferences, and controlling for changing reproductive life cycle factors and socioeconomic background predictors of fertility. Findings suggest that though death of last child plays a vital role; there is a complex structure of the decision-making around fertility along with gender preference, abortions, couples educational level, mother's participation in labor force. Although socio-economic classes don't have significant influence on fertility preference, mother's age plays vital role on fertility preference and desired waiting time in Bangladesh. Fertility desires and intentions are innermost in theoretical and empirical approaches to studying childbearing behavior and it is one of the most significant determinants for future population structure of a country. Keywords:1 Evaluating fertility intentions, and determining the extent to which they predict fertility behavior, is also important for population policy and the performance of family planning programs of a country.1 Theoretically, fertility desires and intentions represent different constructs: preferences return goals or ideals, while intentions integrate policy implementation and may be more reactive to personal circumstances and constraints. Extensive evidence from industrialized and developed countries showed that preferences are associated with childbearing behavior, even after accounting for other socio-demographic characteristics; similarities are also observed for middle income countries, too. A large literature exists to explain the mechanism which specifies the relationship between desires and intentions and to predict behavior based on fertility desires and intentions.2-6 There are several cross-national evidence that fertility intentions and preferences predict fertility behavior. The predictive validity of these attitudinal measures has been demonstrated in developed countries. 2In contrast to these studies, demographic surveys rarely collect prospective measures of both intentions and de-

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“…The first is recall bias. Maternal recall of feelings at the time of pregnancy may be influenced by her current parenting situation 31) , and thus a prospective design study should be employed in future studies. Second, the sample size was small with a response rate of 62.7%.…”

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Association Between Maternal Feeling About Pregnancy and Child's Lifestyle

Saito

Goto

Yokokawa

et al. 2010

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:The number of children with undesirable lifestyles has recently increased. We tested the hypothesis that maternal feelings about pregnancy might be associated with their attitude towards promoting healthy lifestyles in their children. We used a city database collected from guardians of 204 randomly selected children aged 1 to 3 years in Nihonmatsu City, Fukushima. Maternal feeling about pregnancy was measured using a 10 -point scale, and a child lifestyle score was calculated as the sum of desirable lifestyle habits (sleeping, eating, watching TV/videos, and tooth brushing). Associations between maternal feeling and her child's lifestyles were examined with multiple logistic regression analysis. For all lifestyle items, proportion of children with undesirable lifestyle habits was higher in the "unhappy group" (those who scored 1 to 9) than in the "happy group" (those who scored 10). In particular, a child's short sleeping hours (odds ratio [OR]=3.01) and lifestyle score of less than 3 ([OR]=3.60) were significantly associated with unhappy feelings. This was apparent among mothers aged 29 (median age) or younger. Our results indicate an association between a mother's unhappy feelings about pregnancy and her child's undesirable lifestyle, especially among relatively younger mothers. These findings provide public health implications important for early familial intervention to improve children's lifestyles.

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The Consistency and Validity of Reproductive Attitudes: Evidence From Morocco

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Abortion Worldwide 2017: Uneven Progress and Unequal Access

Abortion Worldwide 2017: Uneven Progress and Unequal Access

Factors influencing fertility preference of a developing country during demographic transition: Evidence from Bangladesh

Association Between Maternal Feeling About Pregnancy and Child's Lifestyle

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