EMHJ-Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal. 1999; 5 (1): 136-140
in English
| IMEMR
| ID: emr-156606
ABSTRACT
Adequate child-spacing is considered a positive factor in the health of mothers and their children. A house-to-house survey of 332 women in Al-Oyaynah village, Saudi Arabia was carried out in April and May of 1995 to determine the existing practice of child-spacing and factors influencing it. The variables examined included age of the mother, age at marriage, education, income, parity, type of infant-feeding and birth order. The age of the mother, age at marriage and education were significantly associated with the length of the birth interval. The current age of mother and her parity were found to be the only significant predictor variables of birth interval
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Index:
IMEMR (Eastern Mediterranean)
Main subject:
Socioeconomic Factors
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Bottle Feeding
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Breast Feeding
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Marriage
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Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
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Rural Health
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Cross-Sectional Studies
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Surveys and Questionnaires
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Maternal Age
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Educational Status
Type of study:
Prevalence study
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
East Mediterr Health J.
Year:
1999
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