Mojgan Firouzbakht1,2, Aram Tirgar3, Karimollah Hajian-Tilaki4, Fatemeh Bakouei5, Mohammad Esmaeil Riahi6, Maryam Nikpour7. 1. Social Determinant of Health Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Ganjafrooz Street, Babol, Mazandaran, Iran. 2. Department of Nursing- Midwifery, Islamic Azad University, Babol Branch, Babol, Iran. 3. Social Determinant of Health Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Ganjafrooz Street, Babol, Mazandaran, Iran. a.tirgar@mubabol.ac.ir. 4. Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran. 5. Infertility and Health Reproductive Research Center, Health Research Institute, & Department of Midwifery, School of Medicine, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, I.R., Iran. 6. Department of Social Sciences, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Iran. 7. Social Determinant of Health Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Fertility, in addition to the biomedical aspect, is phenomena of social, economic and demographic changes. Social network were considered for understanding fertility behaviors and changes in the levels of fertility. This study was conducted to investigate the relationship between social capital and childbirth behaviors in Iranian women employees. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted in 2017 on 536 women health care workers who randomly selected from health care setting Babol/Iran. Data were collected using demographic, childbearing behavior and social capital questionnaires. The SPSS-21 software was employed to analysis the data at a significant level of 0.05. RESULTS: The results of the study showed that, there was significant relationship between number of pregnancy and social capital (P = 0.039). Furthermore, social capital has a significant relationship with the time of pregnancy (P = 0.043), the time of pregnancy in women with high social capital was observed to be relatively 30% shorter compare the women with low social capital. CONCLUSION: Social capital, as one of the important factors influencing childbirth behaviors, should be considered in population planning and policy making.
BACKGROUND: Fertility, in addition to the biomedical aspect, is phenomena of social, economic and demographic changes. Social network were considered for understanding fertility behaviors and changes in the levels of fertility. This study was conducted to investigate the relationship between social capital and childbirth behaviors in Iranian women employees. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted in 2017 on 536 women health care workers who randomly selected from health care setting Babol/Iran. Data were collected using demographic, childbearing behavior and social capital questionnaires. The SPSS-21 software was employed to analysis the data at a significant level of 0.05. RESULTS: The results of the study showed that, there was significant relationship between number of pregnancy and social capital (P = 0.039). Furthermore, social capital has a significant relationship with the time of pregnancy (P = 0.043), the time of pregnancy in women with high social capital was observed to be relatively 30% shorter compare the women with low social capital. CONCLUSION: Social capital, as one of the important factors influencing childbirth behaviors, should be considered in population planning and policy making.
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Keywords:
Childbirth behaviors; Health care workers; Iran; Social capital; Women