Objective: The purpose of the study is to evaluate the fertility levels of the married women aged 15-49 with the
influincing factors who were living in the responsibility area of Mimar Sinan Health Unit at the centrum of
Çorum.
Methods: This cross-sectional study includes 280 women who were selected by stratified random sampling
method. Data were collected by administering a face to face questionnaire during April-May 1997. Data analysis
was done by SPSS using nonparametric statistical tests.
Results: The mean age of the women was 32.0 and 71% of whom completed primary school. The mean age at
first marriage was 17.7, mean number of pregnancies is 3.7, mean number of children ever born was 2.8 and
mean number of abortions was 0.75. Three quarter of the abortions were induced. Age of the women, age at first
pregnancy, education level of woman and her husband were found to be the most important factors in
performing four and more live births by using logistic regression analysis.
Conclusion: Fertility indicators of the sample group were lower than the indicators reported in 1990 Baseline
Survey and 1995 Evaluation Survey conducted on women living in Çorum.
Keywords: Women Health, Fertility, Abortion, Demography
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