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KMID : 0892719970010020193
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Journal of the Korean Society of Maternal and Child Health
1997 Volume.1 No. 2 p.193 ~ p.204
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Motivation for pregnancy of pregnant and postpartal women in Korea
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Chang Soon-Bok
Choi Yun-Soon
Park So-Mi
Shin Hee-Jin
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Abstract
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This study sought to investigate the motivation for pregnancy of pregnant and
postpartal women in Korea. Data collection was done in Korean general hospitals and
midwifery clinics using 795 pregnant and postpartal women as participants.
Data was collected using a questionnaire consisting of eight items. A nationwide
represantative sampling of subjects was done using a clustering sampling method. The
991 statements were grouped by case according to content analysis into ten categories:
’completion of family’, ’extension of self identity’, ’relatives’, ’fate’, ’completion of
woman’s role’, ’symbol of love’, ’acquisition of new position’, investment for old age’,
’maturing process’, ’no motivation’.
The most outstanding motivation for pregnancy was rooted in cultural customs. The
new findings in this study were found in the fallowing categories: ’formating sibling
relationships’, ’maturing process’, ’participating in creating life’.
These findings will assist health care professionals in understanding and intervening
in antepartum women’s health care. As pregnancy is not only a woman’s decision, we
recommended further studies on pregnant couple’s motivation for pregnancy to be done
at the time of pregnancy and in retropect.
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KEYWORD
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Motivation, pregnancy
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