Fertility preferences : ideal family size, contraceptive use and their determinants in the occupied Palestinian territory

العناوين الأخرى

تفضيلات الخصوبة : حجم الأسرة المثالي و استخدام وسائل منع الحمل و محدداتهما في الأرض الفلسطينية المحتلة

مقدم أطروحة جامعية

Kamal, Nadin Muhammad Said

مشرف أطروحة جامعية

Giacaman, Rita

أعضاء اللجنة

Husayni, Abd al-Latif
Heleileh, Samyah

الجامعة

جامعة بيرزيت

الكلية

كلية الصيدلة و التمريض و المهن الصحية

القسم الأكاديمي

دائرة التغذية و الحمية

دولة الجامعة

فلسطين (الضفة الغربية)

الدرجة العلمية

ماجستير

تاريخ الدرجة العلمية

2005

الملخص الإنجليزي

This research aims to shed some light on fertility preferences and contraceptive behavior among ever-married Palestinian women in the age group 15-49 years old (a total of 5363 women), using secondary data collected by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), and supported by a series of focus-group discussions with women to deepen the insight and explain further the findings generated from the statistical analyses.

In the 2000-PCBS Demographic and Health Survey (DHS2000) women with living children were asked about the total number of children they wish to have in ideal situations, that is, if they had the chance to start all over again.

The mean ideal number of children was 4.5 and was significantly influenced by the women’s educational levels, crowding ratio of the household, region, women’s current family size and whether women had any children who died.

Moreover, a substantial proportion (35.1 %) had children above their stated ideal family size, and this was significantly associated with the women’s age, their age at first marriage, education, crowding ratio, having children who died and the use of contraception.

Other factors influencing the gap between ideal and actual family size were revealed by the qualitative analysis of focus group discussions, and included social and family pressure, male preference and the need for children as a source of support in old age.

Women reported starting to practice contraception only after they had exceeded their ideal number of children, and using contraception among women desiring to stop childbearing was associated with women’s age, education, employment status of head of household, current number of children, having children who died, region and crowding ratio.

التخصصات الرئيسية

الصحة العامة

الموضوعات

• تنظيم الأسرة
• فلسطين
• الجوانب الاجتماعية
• الجوانب الصحية

عدد الصفحات

127

قائمة المحتويات

• APA
• MLA
• AMA

لغة النص

الإنجليزية

نوع البيانات

رسائل جامعية

رقم السجل

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