Özerdoğan Nebahat, Yilmaz Burcu
Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Health Sciences, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Eskisehir, Turkey.
Afr Health Sci. 2018 Mar;18(1):172-179. doi: 10.4314/ahs.v18i1.22.
In recent years the trend of postponement of child bearing has been increasing.
To assess knowledge on fertility and expectations of having children in seniors at a Turkish University.
The cross-sectional study sample (n=485) comprised senior students of the University in the branches of medicine, social sciences, and life sciences. Data were collected via a self-administered questionnaire in 2015.
The mean age of the students was 23.03±1.93 and 98.1% were unmarried. 88.45% of these students wanted to have children in the future. A higher percentage of females planned parenthood in the future than males. Males desired more children than females. Most students wanted to have their first child at age 25-29. Males wanted to have their first and last child later than did females. In case of infertility, 74.4% of females and 54.2% of males stated that they can benefit from assisted reproduction techniques. Students overestimated the success rate of assisted reproduction techniques. The percentage of students who were aware of the age at which fertility begins to decline was low.
The expectations of seniors at a Turkish university to have children in the future are high, with insufficient knowledge on fertility.
近年来，生育推迟的趋势一直在增加。
评估一所土耳其大学高年级学生对生育的了解以及生育期望。
横断面研究样本（n = 485）包括该大学医学、社会科学和生命科学专业的高年级学生。2015年通过自填问卷收集数据。
学生的平均年龄为23.03±1.93岁，98.1%未婚。这些学生中有88.45%希望未来生育子女。未来计划生育的女性比例高于男性。男性期望生育的子女比女性多。大多数学生希望在25 - 29岁生育第一个孩子。男性生育第一个和最后一个孩子的时间比女性晚。在不孕不育的情况下，74.4%的女性和54.2%的男性表示他们可以从辅助生殖技术中受益。学生高估了辅助生殖技术的成功率。知晓生育开始下降年龄的学生比例较低。
一所土耳其大学的高年级学生未来生育期望较高，但对生育的了解不足。
