Determinants of Women's Age at First Childbearing in Polonnaruwa District

The study mainly focuses on identifying the factors associated with age of mother at first childbirth in Polanaruwa district Sri Lanka. primary data were collected through a multistage sampling technique using questionnaires from February to March 2020. 120 samples consisted new towns, Aluth Wewa, Jayanthipura, and Kaduruwela areas which cover rural urban married women who have least one child belong group 21 49 years district. found that 45.3 percent got their aged 25 29 mean be 27 years, whereas only 6.7 them start childbearing between 35 39 years. frequency marriage reveals 54.2 take place early married, nearly 32 And 3.3 being about Independent t-test results imply differs according education level, residence, religion, economic status except for working women. Multiple linear regression analysis was performed evaluate impact socio-economic characteristics its reveal marriage, educational employment mostly determined