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KMID : 0358119900160020020
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Journal of the Korean Public Health Association
1990 Volume.16 No. 2 p.20 ~ p.30
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A STUDY ON THE PREGNANCY WASTAGE OF MARRIED WOMEN IN KOREAN-AMERICANS LIVING IN THE UNITED STATES
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朴祥華/Park, Sang-Hwa
金應翊/Kim, Eung-Ik
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Abstract
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The status of reproductive health and pregnancy wastage was studied among Korean -Americans living in Los Angeles to assess their potential need for family planning and reproductive health services. Data were collected from 737 married women who were attending the Family Planning Clinic of Koryo Health Foundation in Los Angeles.
The results are summarized below.
1. The age distribution of the women subjects ranged from less then 24 to over 45 years of age. Women in the 30-34 age group constituted the largest proportion at 35.7% and the mean age of the subjects was 33.5±5.9 years. In terms of the education levels of these women, the mean years of education received was 14.8±1.9 years with a majority 76.3% of the women being at least a junior college graduates.
2. Among the women, the mean number of siblings was 1.38 children. The mean ages of women at the time of childbirth were 26.7 years for the first born, 28.9 years for the second, 30.1 for the third, and 34.4 for the fourth. Women who wanted additional children constituted 15.6% while 67.0% desired no more children. To prevent further pregnancies (ie. no more children), 91.556 of IUDs, 86.0% of rhythm method, 75.5% of condom, and 33.0% of oral pill users were utilizing the respective contraceptive techniques. In terms of total number, condom users constituted the largest group among women who wanted no additional children.
3. The mean number of pregnancies among the women of the study was 2.75, but 9.5% of the women had no previous pregnancies. In terms of pregnancy wastage, the mean number of induced abortions was 229 while that of spontaneous abortions was 0.07 of the total pregnancies among the women, 47.5% of the cases resulted in induced abortions while 50.55 resulted in live births. There were inverse relationships between education level and pregnancy number, induced abortion, spontaneous abortion, number of live births, as well as duration of marriage. In contrast, it showed positive relationship with other variables.
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