This study was carried out on 160 married women living at Maegokri, Ahsankun, Chungnam, for the purpose to find out the effect of farming on woman´s pregnancy. The findings of the study are as follows:
1. The mean of frequency of pregnancy is 5, and the rate of it increases in accordance, with the age. The mean of frequency of live birth is 4 in proportion of the age. The mean of spontaneous abortion is 0. 5, premature birth 0. 07, still birth 0. 03, and the mean of Pregnancy wastage is 1.
2. The rate of spontaneous abortion is 9.8 % with the highest rate in the age group of more than 40:6.3% in each age group of 25^29, 3539. The rate of premature birth is 1.6 % with the increase in inverse to the age. The still birth is 0.7 % with the va-rious rate of the age.
3. The rate of spontaneous abortion experienced with one time is 22.5%, two times 5.6% and three times 3.7%. The rate of premature birth experienced with one time is. 4.0 %, and two times 2.0 % , The rate of still birth experienced with one time is 3.8 % .
4. Concerning the result of pregnancy by the season, spontaneous abortion in farmer´s busy season is 21. 3%, with the significant difference. (P<0.01)
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