Experience and propencity to childbearing in small citities

This article explores fertility and prpopensity to it among women in some Iranian small citiesand villages. The research was conducted in kashan, s region - a traditional and religious region,which is expected to have positive propensity to childbearing. Statistical population of theresearch contains ۱۲۹۱۴۴ married women who live in the region, out of which ۷۲۰ persons wereselected, and studied on Dec.۲۰۱۸. Findings show that most of women tended to have a “normalfetitlity pattern” i.e. having two or three children, but they actually had fewer than two ones. Itshows a gap between the propensity to fertility and the reality of childbearing among women inthe region. Indeed, beside of the macro socio-economic circomstances of the country, there aresome micro-level factors impacting on the childbearing of women. The results show that somevariables such as age, education, and marriage duration and job status had significant relationswith childbearing and propensity to it.

کلیدواژه ها:

fertility ، propencity ، demographic policy ، socio-economic conditions ، childbearing