A study on relationship between fertility and women's socio-economic status : the case of Armenia and Tajikistan
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2024
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2020
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eng
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x, 68 leaves: ill.
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ผลงานนี้เป็นลิขสิทธิ์ของมหาวิทยาลัยมหิดล ขอสงวนไว้สำหรับเพื่อการศึกษาเท่านั้น ต้องอ้างอิงแหล่งที่มา ห้ามดัดแปลงเนื้อหา และห้ามนำไปใช้เพื่อการค้า
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Mahidol University
Bibliographic Citation
Thesis (M.A. (Population and Sexual and Reproductive Health))--Mahidol University, 2020
Suggested Citation
Chung, Gum Choe, 1975- A study on relationship between fertility and women's socio-economic status : the case of Armenia and Tajikistan. Thesis (M.A. (Population and Sexual and Reproductive Health))--Mahidol University, 2020. Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/99438
Title
A study on relationship between fertility and women's socio-economic status : the case of Armenia and Tajikistan
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Abstract
With the dissolution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic (USSR), the former Soviet Union countries faced falls in fertility along with socio-economic anomie and conflicts. The socio-economic recovery was seen among almost all the countries after the transition from the USSR to independent republics, as well fertility improvement. The objective of this study is to explore factors associated with fertility in Armenia and Tajikistan, which belonged to the former Soviet Union countries. The study used secondary data from the 2015-16 Armenia Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) and the 2017 Tajikistan DHS. The study samples were women aged 15- 49 who ever had sexual activity, collected 4,377 samples in Armenia and 8,251 samples in Tajikistan. The outcome variable was the number of children ever born (CEB) and independent variables included factors of women's socio-economic status, demographic characteristics, children demand, and fertility barrier. The multivariate analysis was made by using the Poisson regression model. The result showed the positive relationship of demographic and children demand factors while negative relationship of women's socio-economic status with CEB in both the countries. There was found significant relations of CEB among women with secondary or higher educational level (Incidence Rate Ratio - IRR=0.75; 95% Confident Interval - CI:0.58~0.96 and IRR=0.68; 95%CI:0.53~0.87) in Armenia and among women with higher education (IRR=0.88; 95%CI:0.82~0.96) in Tajikistan. With reference of the poorest, they were likely to have less children in the groups of the poorer to the richest (IRR= 0.94; 0.90; 0.87; 0.88) in Armenia and in the groups of the richer to the richest (IRR= 0.95; 0.92) in Tajikistan significantly. The results suggested that encouraging marriage and promoting positive attitude for childbearing would help to increase or maintain the fertility level in Armenia while encouraging educational and workforce participation among women would contribute to reducing the fertility in Tajikistan. IMPLICATION OF THESIS. The finding of this study would help to advocate the population policy to maintain the fertility level and delay the ageing population in the countries with similar context
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Population and Sexual and Reproductive Health (Mahidol University 2020)
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Degree Level
Master's degree
Degree Department
Institute for Population and Social Research
Degree Discipline
Population and Sexual and Reproductive Health
Degree Grantor(s)
Mahidol University