ArticleBMC public health2025
Fertility knowledge, desire, and associated factors among Iranian couples: a cross-sectional study in Northwest Iran.
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- Psychometric validation of the Farsi version of the Attitudes toward Fertility and Childbearing Scale (AFCS) among married and unmarried Iranian women.BMC public health · 2026Article
- The latent determinants of higher order parity births (HOB) in Cheyyar & Tenkasi districts of Tamil Nadu - a qualitative exploration.Contraception and reproductive medicine · 2026Article
- The impact of psychological factors on fertility intention among women who have given birth in Shanghai: multiple mediating effects analysis based on the theory of planned behavior.Reproductive health · 2025Article
- Navigating parenthood in a climate change era: determinants of childbearing intentions in Iran.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundChildbearing is a cornerstone of sustainable development in both developed and developing countries, including Iran. The present study was conducted to determine the fertility Knowledge, desire and associated factors among Iranian couples in the northwest of Iran.
methodsThis cross-sectional study is the first phase (quantitative phase) of a sequential explanatory mixed-methods research, which was conducted on 1,834 Iranian couples. The socio-demographic checklist, the Male and Female Fertility Knowledge Inventories (MFKI and FFKI), and the Fertility Desire Scale (FDS) were utilized for data collection. To examine the factors associated with the level of fertility knowledge and desire, an independent t-test or one-way ANOVA was used in bivariate analyses and the general linear model (GLM) was employed in multivariate analyses.
resultsAccording to the GLM, women under 30 years of age, with less than five years of marriage, holding a high school diploma or below, and those who were homemakers had significantly lower fertility knowledge scores compared to women aged 30 or above, with five or more years of marriage, higher education, and employee. Among men, those with a high school diploma or below and those dissatisfied with their marital life also showed significantly lower fertility knowledge scores compared to men with higher education and those satisfied with their marriages. Furthermore, both women and men who married before the age of 30 and those dissatisfied with their marital life had significantly lower fertility desire scores compared to their counterparts who married at or after 30 and reported marital satisfaction. Women and men with less than five years of marriage, women with a high school diploma, men with less than a high school diploma, and those with inadequate or relatively inadequate income showed significantly higher fertility desire scores compared to those with five or more years of marriage, university education, and completely adequate income.
conclusionsThe findings of this study showed that the fertility knowledge and desire among Iranian couples were linked to their demographic and social characteristics.
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