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KMID : 0379919840090010203
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Journal of The Korea Socity of Health Informatics and Statistics
1984 Volume.9 No. 1 p.203 ~ p.215
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The Comparative Study on the Female Reproductive Life Cycle in Korea (1960 - 1980)
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Abstract
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This study was carried out to measure and compare the life cycle of reproduction and wariables associated with reproduction between 1960-1980 in Korea woman by analysis all the available census, vital statistics and data of national fertility survey since 1960.
The results of this study are as follows:
1. Phase (Ⅰ) was extended about 60 percent in its length compared with 1960, because of rising of age at first marriage and decreasing of age at menarche. Phase (Ⅱ) was diminished by marking 58 percent in its length of 1980 compared with that of 1960. Phase (Ⅲ) was dimished by 29 percent in its length compared with that of 1960 with increase of age at marriage and decrease of age at fertility termination. By the way we supposed that phase(Ⅳ) was expanded in iits length compared with that of 1960 by diminishing of age at fertility termination and increasing of age at menopause.
2. Un-married and married rate in female population (15-49 years) was changed by variation of divorce remarriage of mortality and late marriage. Total fertility rate was declined significantly from 6.0 in 1960 to 2.6 in 1980.
The pregnancy wastage due to induced abortion was increased gradually. Contraceptive practice rate was increased overally in all age group, especially a group of over 30 years was increased largely in contraceptive practice rate. In each method of contraceptive practice rate, female sterilization was increased on a large scale and average age of sterilization acceptor also tended to decline at begin of 30 years old. Infertile patient rate was appeared to the low level of under 5 percent.
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