Rasheed P, Al-Dabal B K
Department of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, King Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
East Mediterr Health J. 2007 Jul-Aug;13(4):881-92.
To determine perceptions towards birth spacing, actual birth interval and associated sociodemographic factors, we carried out a cross-sectional study on 436 mothers aged 15-50 years in Al-Khobar. All had had > or = 2 children within the previous 10 years. Only 5.2% preferred a birth interval of < 2 years, 28.2% preferred a 2 -< 3-year interval, while the rest favoured > or = 3 years. Education and employment status were predictors of birth spacing preference. About half were not aware of the physical benefits associated with longer birth interval. Only 26.3% had mean birth interval < 2 years. Age and employment status were significant positive predictors of longer birth interval. Oral contraception was the most popular method adopted for child spacing.
为了确定对生育间隔、实际生育间隔及相关社会人口学因素的看法，我们对胡拜尔市436名年龄在15至50岁之间的母亲进行了一项横断面研究。所有母亲在过去10年内生育了≥2个孩子。只有5.2%的母亲倾向于生育间隔小于2年，28.2%的母亲倾向于2至<3年的间隔，其余母亲则倾向于≥3年。教育程度和就业状况是生育间隔偏好的预测因素。约半数母亲不知道较长生育间隔带来的身体益处。只有26.3%的母亲平均生育间隔小于2年。年龄和就业状况是较长生育间隔的显著正预测因素。口服避孕药是最常用的生育间隔方法。
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