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标题：The assessment of selected factors influencing intent to get pregnant in the Greater Poland Region
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作者：Małgorzata Wojciechowska ; Hanna Krauss ; Paweł Bogdański 等
期刊名称：Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine
印刷版ISSN：1232-1966
电子版ISSN：1898-2263
出版年度：2014
卷号：21
期号：2
页码：435-439
DOI：10.5604/1232-1966.1108620
出版社：Institute of Agricultural Medicine in Lublin
摘要：Introduction and objective. Nowadays, people decide to have a baby by first analysing their financial situation. Tradition isno longer a factor which determines the decision whether or not to have a baby. A prognosis of the Polish Central StatisticalOffice (GUS) shows that the population of Poland will fall from 38 to 36 million by 2035. The aim of this study is to assessthe procreation behaviour of women in Greater Poland Region.Materials and methods. For the research purpose, 3,120 women of reproductive age were examined by using an authordesigned questionnaire and a synthetic Family Financial Standard Index.Results: 74.6% of the respondents lived in an urban area, 25.4% of women come from a rural area. 49% of examined womendid not want to have a bigger family, 45% would like to have another child. Analysis of the reasons why women did notwant to have another baby revealed that predominance of the financial factor – 67%, living conditions – 18.4% and health–13.2%. Only 11.9% of the women declared their high financial status, 4.8% of families received family allowance from thegovernment; 88.4% of the examined families did not receive any social benefits. Bad housing situation was declared by 5%of the respondents, 26.7% of the interviewees lived with family members, i.e. parents or grandparents. Analysis of the dataconcerning religious bonds showed that 67.6% of women declared their indifference to religion.Conclusions. The economic factor was an important reason limiting procreation. The bad situation on the real estate marketcombined with an insufficient range of social welfare led to a decrease in the birth-rate in the Greater Poland region. Theimpact of religion on family planning was less important. The influence of the analysed socio-economic factors on familyplanning was similar in rural and urban areas
关键词：socio-economic factors; family planning; mother and child health