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YEAR: 1994

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Marital fertility pattern and family planning practice.

AUTHORS

El-Dawy SA

SOURCE

In: CDC 23rd. Annual Seminar on Population and Development Issues in the

Middle East, Africa and Asia. CDC Annual Seminar, 1993, [compiled by] Cairo

Demographic Centre. Cairo, Egypt, Cairo Demographic Centre, 1994. :823-57.

Cairo Demographic Centre Research Monograph Series No. 23

ABSTRACT

This study examines the trends in the age specific marital fertility rate. It determines the impact of family planning

practice on fertility in Egypt. Data were obtained from the 1980 Egypt Fertility Survey and the 1991 National Maternal

and Child Health Survey among a nationally representative stratified probability sample of ever married women aged

under 55 years. The model is based on one proposed by Coale and Trussell (1974, 1978). There were few

differences in natural and controlled fertility among the younger ages. Marital fertility declined during 1980-91 from

7.9 children/woman to 6.9 children/woman. In 1991 marital fertility was 7.4 births/woman in rural areas and 6.5

births/woman in urban areas. The highest fertility rates were among women aged under 25 years, regardless of place

of residence and husband's characteristics. Marital fertility was higher among higher social class females living in

urban areas. Marital fertility decreased rapidly over the age of 25 years. Trends in marital fertility are compared to

natural fertility by socioeconomic status of wives and husbands for 1980 and 1991. Findings indicate that education

that was higher than primary education was the most important factor affecting the gap between marital and natural

fertility. Husbands' occupation and place of current residence had strong impacts on the age specific marital fertility

rates (ASMFR). There were few differences in fertility between women that ever or never worked. Findings indicate

that the proportion of women using family planning were the main determinants of fertility, and the relationship

changed over time and was not perfectly linear. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 4080-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Marital fertility pattern and family planning practice.", is(are)

El-Dawy SA. The source of this article is "In: CDC 23rd. Annual Seminar on Population and Development Issues in

the Middle East, Africa and Asia. CDC Annual Seminar, 1993, [compiled by] Cairo Demographic Centre. Cairo, Egypt,

Cairo Demographic Centre, 1994. :823-57. Cairo Demographic Centre Research Monograph Series No. 23". This

article was published in 1994 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT2T 4080-06. All rights

reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 9080

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