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In this paper, we attempt to analyze the determinants of unintended births among Colombian women aged 40 years old or more using data from the Encuesta Nacional de Demografía y Salud 2005, which is Colombia's national demographic and health survey. Given the especial characteristics of the variable under analysis, we used count data models in order...
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... Thomson defines desired family size as: 'the number of children wanted in one's lifetime'. McClelland defined the desired family size as: 'the number of children parents would have if there were no subjective or economic problems involved in regulating fertility (Forero & Gamboa, 2009)'. Desired family size is based on a compulsive choice of the ideal size of the family, which is based on a long-term evaluation of their economic aspirations as well as the perceived cost and benefits of having children (Cochrane & Khan, 1990). ...
This paper investigates fertility preferences among women in Meghalaya, India, focusing on trends over time and determinants influencing decision-making. Using data from National Family Health Surveys conducted between 1992 and 2021, the study investigates the ideal number of children, the percentage of women who wish to stop having children, and the factors influencing this decision after having two or fewer children. The findings show that the ideal number of children has decreased over time, indicating a trend towards smaller family sizes. Furthermore, a sizeable proportion of women express a desire to stop having children, with education, media exposure, wealth index, and religion emerging as significant predictors. Women with higher education levels and more exposure to mass media are more likely to desire fewer children, emphasising the importance of education and information dissemination in influencing reproductive preferences. The findings highlight the importance of targeted interventions to promote reproductive health and increase access to family planning services, particularly among marginalised communities.
... Colombia fue el país latinoamericano con la mayor tasa de reducción de la fecundidad a partir de los setenta y un pionero en programas de salud pública apoyados en análisis y difusión de información encaminada a mejorar la salud sexual y reproductiva en el país (Forero y Gamboa, 2009;Pérez, 2007). Además, es notable el rompimiento del vínculo entre sexualidad-matrimonio y matrimonio-procreación, por cambios en la manera de percibir el matrimonio como la institución adecuada para la crianza de los hijos (Arriagada, 2001;Flórez, 201). ...
... Al analizar los determinantes de la presencia de hijos no planeados en Colombia con sustento en la información de la Encuesta Nacional de Demografía y Salud 200, (Forero y Gamboa, 2009) encuentran que La educación de la mujer y el área de residencia son determinantes significativos de los nacimientos no planeados. Además, consideran que la relación inversa entre el número de hijos no deseados y la educación de la mujer tiene implicaciones cruciales en cuanto al manejo de la política social (p. ...
Este capítulo se enfoca en tres puntos básicos. El primero expone el pensamiento y aporte del profesor Homero Cuevas alrededor del tema de la familia y el hogar, donde sobresale la necesidad de trabajar de la mano con otras
disciplinas para enriquecer el entendimiento de la interacción humana y los
fenómenos sociales que surgen de ella. El segundo subraya que la familia es
una institución que cambia, al igual que el hogar, y que su estudio implica
reconocer de entrada que cada vez más se encuentran casos que se alejan de
la concepción tradicional de familia en la que es menor el peso que tienen las
mujeres en la decisión sobre su tamaño. De igual manera, su cambio en cuanto
a tamaño y conformación es un reflejo de las condiciones materiales e inmateriales cambiantes de la sociedad. Finalmente, se realiza un acercamiento al
estudio de la tendencia y evolución del tamaño de la familia y la estructura
del hogar en Colombia en los últimos seis lustros. Aquí se evidencia que la
diversidad y cambio de relaciones que subyacen a las estructuras de las familias y los hogares se relacionan no solo con aspectos económicos, sino con
aspectos sociales y geográficos, que en últimas reflejan las diferencias entre
las regiones del país.
... An empirical evidence from Colombia showed that demand for more children gets lower among more educated women, hence, effect of schooling is a signi cant predictor to limit childbearing [21]. Likewise, studies conducted in India, Bangladesh and China also found an inverse linear relationship between education status of the women and their fertility choices [22][23][24]. ...
Background:
Increasing population growth and uneven distribution of scarce resources is a hurdle for country’s economic growth. Hence, we aim to determine desire to limit child bearing and factors associated with limiting child bearing among currently married women aged 15 to 49 years residing in squatter settlements of Karachi, Pakistan.
Methods:
A multistage cluster, cross sectional survey was conducted in randomly selected households of urban squatter settlements of Karachi. A total of 4,485 married, non-pregnant, were interviewed using a structured questionnaire and adapted Operational framework of “Pullum 1980” to determine potential factors associated with limiting family size. Outcome of interest was defined as a desire to limit childbearing among married women of reproductive age group. Multivariable regression was performed using SPSS version 13.0.
Results:
The median age of participants was 30 years (IQR 25-35 years) and the median number of living children was 3 (IQR 2-4). Of 4485 women, 2109 (47%) expressed desire to limit childbearing in future. Multivariable logistic regression showed that women of 18 to 27 years and 28 to 37 years (AOR 0.25, 95% CI: 0.19-0.39 and AOR 0.39, 95% CI: 0.22-0.47 respectively), illiterate (AOR 0.34, 95% CI: 0.21-0.53), and low wealth quintile (AOR 0.41, 95% CI: 0.25-0.57), not using any contraceptive method (AOR 0.53, 95% CI: 0.44 to 0.63), sons less than daughters (AOR 0.74, 95% CI: 0.62-0.87), were less likely to limit childbearing. Women who practiced autonomy (AOR 1.25, 95% CI: 1.08-1.41) and perceived ideal family size as ≤ 2 children (AOR 2.62, 95% CI: 2.07-3.32) were more likely to limit childbearing.
Conclusion:
Age, education, low wealth quintile, having sons, autonomy and usage of contraceptives were determining factors of women’s desire for limiting childbearing. Behavior modification strategies should be devised to modify fertility intentions among women to increase contraceptive use and fertility decline.
The importance of ever-earlier interventions to help children reach their physical and cognitive potential is increasingly being recognized. In part, as a result of this, in developing countries, antenatal care is becoming an important element of strategies to prevent child stunting in utero and later. Notwithstanding their policy relevance and substantial expansion, empirical evidence on the role of antenatal care (ANC) programs in combating stunting is scarce. This study analyzes the role of ANC programs in determining the level and distribution of child stunting in three Andean countries - Bolivia, Colombia, and Peru - where since the 1990s, expanding access to such care has been an explicit policy intervention to tackle child malnutrition. We find that the use of such services is associated with a reduction in the level of malnutrition and at the same time access to such services is relatively equally distributed. While this is a positive sign, it also suggests that further expansion of ANC programs is unlikely to play a large role in reducing inequalities in malnutrition.
