Mageswari S, Rajan H Magesh, Balusamy M, Elavarasu G, Vijayaprabha R, Ramachandran V, Britto J John, Jayaraman Yuvaraj
Health Systems Research and MRHRU, ICMR-National Institute of Epidemiology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Indian J Community Med. 2021 Jan-Mar;46(1):141-144. doi: 10.4103/ijcm.IJCM_437_20. Epub 2021 Mar 1.
Childlessness is a global concern and it has serious demographic, social, and health implications. The declining Muthuvan child population may reduce their population on the whole.
The study explored the prevalence of childlessness and its underlying reasons in the Muthuvan tribes of Tamil Nadu.
The study applied the mixed-method design, and the snowball technique was adopted to identify eight Muthuvan hamlets. Descriptive and thematic analysis was done for the collected quantitative and qualitative information.
The study found the prevalence of childlessness among Muthuvan couples as 30.65%. The underlying reasons were their cultural practices of confinement during menstruation and restriction on engaging in productive work and family care, which gave them the idea of regular intake of oral contraceptive pills and lessen their desire to have children.
The study concludes that the comfort of their daily life has taken over more important than the consequences of objects used for comfort, to their health and future generations.
无子女是一个全球性问题，它具有严重的人口统计学、社会和健康影响。穆图万儿童人口的减少可能会导致其总体人口数量下降。
本研究探讨了泰米尔纳德邦穆图万部落无子女的患病率及其潜在原因。
本研究采用混合方法设计，并采用滚雪球技术确定了八个穆图万小村庄。对收集到的定量和定性信息进行了描述性和主题分析。
研究发现穆图万夫妇中无子女的患病率为30.65%。潜在原因是他们在月经期间禁闭的文化习俗以及对从事生产性工作和家庭护理的限制，这使他们有了定期服用口服避孕药的想法，并降低了生育意愿。
该研究得出结论，对他们来说，日常生活的舒适比用于舒适的物品对其健康和后代的影响更为重要。
