Level and Differentials of Fertility in Awassa Town, Southern Ethiopia
), Mulugeta Betre(2),
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Abstract
A cross-sectional, descriptive study with internal comparison was conducted among 1376 women of reproductive age with the objective of assessing the level and determinants of fertility in Awassa town, Ethiopia. Total Fertility Rate (TFR) was 3.4 and the mean Child Ever Born (CEB) was 1.72 and 3.02 among all women and married women. Regarding proximate determinants of fertility, the mean age at first marriage and duration of postpartum infecundability were 17.75 years and 12.3 months, respectively. Further, Contraceptive Prevalence Rate among married women was 41.2% and Total Abortion Rate was 0.02. Sociodemographic characteristics of mothers like poor educational status, absence of income, rural place of birth, early marriage, and other variables like history of child death, negative husbands’ attitude towards contraceptive use, poor educational status of husbands, need for additional children, were found to have significant association with high fertility; accordingly, these variables need to addressed in activities against high fertility (Afr J Reprod Health 2009; 13[1]:93-112).
RĖSUMĖ
Les niveaux et les différentiels de la fécondité dans la ville d’Awassa, Ethiopie du Sud. Une étude descriptive et transversale ayant une comparaison interne a été menée auprès des 1376 femmes en âge d’avoir des enfants ayant comme objectif d’évaluer le niveau et les déterminants de la fécondité à Awasa, Ethiopie. Le taux total de fécondité (TTF) était 3,4 et l’Enfant moyen Jamais Né (EJN) était 1,72 et 3,02 chez toutes les femmes et les femmes mariées. Quant aux déterminants les plus proches de la fécondité, l’âge moyen au moment du premier mariage et la durée de la non fécondité du post-partum étaient 17,75 ans et 12,3 mois respectivement. En plus, le Taux de la prévalence du contraceptif chez les femmes mariées était 41,2% et le Taux Total de l’Avortement (TTA) était 0,02. Les traits sociodémographiques des mères tels un bas niveau d’instruction, le manque de revenu, le lieu de naissance rural, le mariage précoce et les autres variables comme l’histoire de l’accouchement, l’attitude négatives des maris envers l’emploi du contraceptif, le niveau bas de l’instruction des maris, le besoin d’avoir plus d’enfants, comme on a découvert, ont un lien significatif avec une haute fécondité ; ainsi, il faut que ces variables s’occupent de ces activités contre la haute fécondité (Afr J Reprod Health 2009; 13[1]:93-112).
KEYWORDS: Fertility, Differentials of Fertility, Determinants of Fertility, Awassa, Ethiopia
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