Determinants of Delayed First Birth
Year: 2006
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: In developed countries delayed child bearing particularly the child has attracted much attention in recent years. Gradually the thinking has been to delay the age at marriage so that the childbirth occurs during twenties and early thirties. The gap between marriage and live birth is termed as first birth interval. First childbirth an important event in the reproductive life of a female has a direct relationship with number of factors such as couples educational and occupational status age at marriage etc. In addition to these factors incomplete conceptions occurring prior to the live birth also have a definite bearing on this. For instance in some rural parts of India the birth is usually delayed because of temporary separation of married partners with the female partners going over to their parents place for some time even after marriage. This social custom plays an important role in delaying the birth. The age at which women in developing countries like India have their child has important consequences on the demographic character of the population. Early child bearing contributes to population growth in two ways. Firstly in the absence of any intentional contraceptive practices women who begin bearing children early in their life have more births than equally fecund women who begin so at older ages. Secondly child births occurring at younger ages imply a higher rate of fertility and population growth because of the shorter length of time between generations. The present study attempts to analyze the various factors/determinants of delayed childbirth in the capital city of Kerala. (excerpt)
Authors: Kumar GA, Danabalan M
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1922163