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KMID : 0613620070270020122
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Health Social Welfare Review
2007 Volume.27 No. 2 p.122 ~ p.141
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A Study on the Reproductive Health Determinants of Fertility among Married Women in Korea
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Hwang Na-Mi
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Abstract
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Many factors contributes to the dramatic decline in fertility in Korea. The objective of this study is to explore the relationship between fertility and such determinant factors of reproductive health as induced abortion, spontaneous abortion, stillbirth, and infertility. Instead of indicator representing fertility level the number of living children of the married women who decided to terminate pregnancy served as dependent variable.
The source of data was the National Survey data of Marriage and Fertility Transition conducted by Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs in 2005. To analysis the effect of reproductive health indicators on the number of living children per woman, this study employed multiple regression analysis as a statistical technique.
The result of analysis indicates that experiences of induced abortion or spontaneous abortion before first delivery have a negative relation with the number of living children. The experience of children’s death at the less than 35 years old women also has a strong negative relation with the number of living children and these women did not try to having a baby in the childbearing ages. While, having a son of women in age group 2034 has a strong positive relation with the number of
living children. Gender is a major determinant of fertility decision making. This result shows most young married women have still son preference in society. One the other hand, infertility interferes with conception and delivery. This study shows that 7.5% of married couples experienced primary or secondary infertility. 36.9% of the infertile couples turned out not to receive appropriate modern medical treatment because of lack of medical fee or highly physical and emotional burden caused by treatment process.
Based on this findings it is recommended that ’Reproductive Health Counselling Center’ is operated to improve of reproductive health for young men as well as women. These results could serve as information to develop the education and counselling programs of reproductive health for adolescent and the strategies for increasing fertility for married women.
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KEYWORD
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fertility, reproductive health, induced abortion, spontaneous abortion, stillbirth, infertility
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