pre-marriage couples` fertility attitude following recent childbearing persuasive policies in iran farrokh-eslamlou hr , vahabzadeh z *, moeini sr ,moghaddam tabrizi f received: 5 sep , 2013 accepted: 16 nov , 2013 abstract background & aims: following a phenomenal fertility decline during recent two decades in iran, the childbearing persuasive policy has been implemented. the goals of this stu...

Background & aim: Iranian policymakers have recently shifted away from a birth control towards a pro-fertility policies. In this regard, it is indispensable to recognize the determinants of childbearing willingness to evaluate the influence of these policies on certain target groups. With this background in mind, the present study aimed to find determinants of childbea...

We use data from the earlier and later cohorts of the NLSY to estimate the effect of marriage and childbearing on wages. Our estimates imply that marriage lowers female wages 2-4 percent in the year of marriage. Marriage also lowers the wage growth of men and women by about two and four percentage points, respectively. A first birth lowers female wages 2-3 percent, but has no effect on wage gro...

Abstract Introduction: Social capital has potential effects on reproductive health and childbearing behaviors. However, there is limited information about its relationship with childbearing. Objective: This study aimed to explore female healthcare providers' experiences of childbearing based on the social capital theory. Materials and Methods: This qualitative study was conducted from July ...

We assessed reported communication with HIV providers about reproductive plans among HIV+ men in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and factors associated with having had such communication. A total of N=311 HIV+ men (18-50 years) receiving HIV care at one of six public primary care clinics in Rio de Janeiro between 2008-2009 were surveyed. We used descriptive statistics, and multivariate logistic regress...

STUDY OBJECTIVE The aim was to study the influence of childbearing pattern on the incidence of breast cancer and uterine corpus cancer. DESIGN This was an ecological study of birth cohorts of women. SETTING The study was population based, involving the whole of Norway. PARTICIPANTS The participants were Norwegian women born between 1890 and 1944. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Age specif...

The number of countries experiencing very low fertility has been rising in recent years, garnering increasing academic, political and media attention. There is now widespread academic agreement that the postponement of fertility is a major contributing factor in the very low levels of fertility that have occurred, and yet most policy discussions have been devoted to increasing the numbers of ch...

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...

The present paper aims to investigate the role of open metal site metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) on hydrogen adsorptivity using periodic boundary condition (PBC) density functional theory (DFT). Hence, MIL-47-M (M = V and Fe) were selected and one hydrogen molecule adsorptivity was calculated in different orientations on them. Four different chemical sites were identified in every cluster sect...

Seventeen female patients who underwent orthotopic liver transplantation between June 1973 and June 1987 became pregnant 5 months to 11 years after transplantation. Immunosuppression was maintained with combinations of prednisone, cyclosporine, and azathioprine prior to and during pregnancy. One patient discontinued immunosuppression after knowledge of pregnancy, taking only azathioprine sporad...