BACKGROUND Factors that influence men's childbearing intentions have been relatively unexplored in the literature. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to determine the influencing factors about the first childbearing timing decisions of men. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this cross-sectional study, 300 men who were referred to private and governmental healthcare centers in Shahrood, Iran were randomly re...

This paper reviews research on education and childbearing in Europe over the last decade. Early demographic attributed declining fertility advanced economies second half of twentieth century to increasing female educational levels. The twenty-first has witnessed further increases attainment coupled with trend reversals fertility. relationship between become more complex, sparking renewed intere...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Normal fertility follows a set of biological, social and cultural rules and regulations; controlled fertility, however, follows the rules and regulations of the family. The present study was therefore conducted to identify the factors influencing the first childbearing decision-making in women living in Shahroud, Iran, in 2014. MATERIALS & METHODS The present descripti...

BACKGROUND The increase in childbearing within cohabitation raises a question about the link between parenthood and partnership. In Norway, having the first child in cohabitation has become the most common pattern. OBJECTIVE The paper studies the interrelated meaning of partnership, marriage, and childbearing. We ask what children mean to partnerships, what the meaning of marriage is for childb...

In modern societies, the proportion of women who delay childbearing beyond the age of 35 years has greatly increased in recent decades. They are falsely reassured by popular beliefs that advances in new reproductive technologies can compensate for the age-related decline in fertility. Yet age remains the single most important determinant of male and female fertility, either natural or treated. ...

background: prevention of unwanted pregnancy is a key strategy to improve the women’s health through spacing of birth and avoiding pregnancy at high-risk maternal ages. unmet need by definition is the percentage of fecund married women who are not using contraceptives while they do not want to get pregnant. they do this due to unavailable quality services, limited choice of methods, lack of inf...

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) predominantly affects women in their reproductive years and has a significant impact on childbearing. We investigated the influence of personal decision on family size among Korean women with SLE and factors that affect the decisions. A case-control study comparing childbearing history and decisions of 112 SLE patients and 135 controls was performed. Women wit...

OBJECTIVE Contemporary childbearing is associated with greater gestational weight gain and postpartum weight retention than in previous decades, potentially leading to a more pronounced effect of childbearing on women's long-term obesity risk. Previous work on the association of childbearing with women's long-term obesity risk mostly examined births in the 1970s and 1980s and produced mixed res...