Rachootin P, Olsen J
J Epidemiol Community Health. 1981 Dec;35(4):262-4. doi: 10.1136/jech.35.4.262.
This study is based on a representative sample of 709 Danish women aged between 25 and 45 who were interviewed in 1979. The purpose was to estimate the proportion of women with reduced fecundity who seek medical care and to identify sociodemographic variables associated with presentation to the medical care system. The study showed that the majority of women with reduced fecundity did not seek medical care. The propensity to seek care was not significantly associated with a woman's age or education, nor with family income or the employment status of the head of the household. Women living in rural areas or in homes with two or more rooms per family member had a greater tendency to seek medical care for secondary reduced fecundity compared with women living in cities or in more crowded homes. The implications of these findings for epidemiological studies of the association of reduced fecundity and occupation are discussed.
这项研究基于1979年对709名年龄在25岁至45岁之间的丹麦女性进行访谈的代表性样本。目的是估计寻求医疗护理的生育力降低女性的比例，并确定与向医疗护理系统就诊相关的社会人口统计学变量。研究表明，大多数生育力降低的女性没有寻求医疗护理。寻求护理的倾向与女性的年龄或教育程度、家庭收入或户主的就业状况均无显著关联。与居住在城市或居住空间更为拥挤家庭的女性相比，居住在农村地区或每个家庭成员拥有两个或更多房间家庭的女性，因继发性生育力降低而寻求医疗护理的倾向更大。本文讨论了这些发现对生育力降低与职业关联的流行病学研究的意义。
