The sociodemographic, behavioral, reproductive, and health factors associated with fertility in Brazil.
High fertility rates among disadvantaged subgroups are a public health problem because fertility levels significantly affect socioeconomic conditions and a population's welfare. This paper aims to analyze the sociodemographic, behavioral, and reproductive factors associated with fertility rates...
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| author | Cesar Augusto Oviedo Tejada Lívia Madeira Triaca Flávia Katrein da Costa Franciele Hellwig |
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| description | High fertility rates among disadvantaged subgroups are a public health problem because fertility levels significantly affect socioeconomic conditions and a population's welfare. This paper aims to analyze the sociodemographic, behavioral, and reproductive factors associated with fertility rates among Brazilian women aged between 15-49 years. A Poisson regression was used to analyze data from the 2006 PNDS (Pesquisa Nacional de Demografia e Saúde da Criança e da Mulher), which evaluates socioeconomic, demographic, geographic, reproductive, behavioral, and chronic disease variables. The results show that the following characteristics are positively associated with an increase in the number of children born: being aged 20-24, residing in the North, being nonwhite, not being in paid employment, having lower education levels, having lower socioeconomic status, being in a stable union, having the first sexual intercourse before the age of 16 and having the first child before the age of 20. Thus, it is important to implement efficient family planning policies targeting these subgroups in order to improve life conditions, reduce inequalities and avoid the adverse outcomes of high fertility. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ae0d816658824c2c97b052e4e22661bc2025-08-20T03:04:39ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032017-01-01122e017188810.1371/journal.pone.0171888The sociodemographic, behavioral, reproductive, and health factors associated with fertility in Brazil.Cesar Augusto Oviedo TejadaLívia Madeira TriacaFlávia Katrein da CostaFranciele HellwigHigh fertility rates among disadvantaged subgroups are a public health problem because fertility levels significantly affect socioeconomic conditions and a population's welfare. This paper aims to analyze the sociodemographic, behavioral, and reproductive factors associated with fertility rates among Brazilian women aged between 15-49 years. A Poisson regression was used to analyze data from the 2006 PNDS (Pesquisa Nacional de Demografia e Saúde da Criança e da Mulher), which evaluates socioeconomic, demographic, geographic, reproductive, behavioral, and chronic disease variables. The results show that the following characteristics are positively associated with an increase in the number of children born: being aged 20-24, residing in the North, being nonwhite, not being in paid employment, having lower education levels, having lower socioeconomic status, being in a stable union, having the first sexual intercourse before the age of 16 and having the first child before the age of 20. Thus, it is important to implement efficient family planning policies targeting these subgroups in order to improve life conditions, reduce inequalities and avoid the adverse outcomes of high fertility.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0171888&type=printable |
| spellingShingle | Cesar Augusto Oviedo Tejada Lívia Madeira Triaca Flávia Katrein da Costa Franciele Hellwig The sociodemographic, behavioral, reproductive, and health factors associated with fertility in Brazil. PLoS ONE |
| title | The sociodemographic, behavioral, reproductive, and health factors associated with fertility in Brazil. |
| title_full | The sociodemographic, behavioral, reproductive, and health factors associated with fertility in Brazil. |
| title_fullStr | The sociodemographic, behavioral, reproductive, and health factors associated with fertility in Brazil. |
| title_full_unstemmed | The sociodemographic, behavioral, reproductive, and health factors associated with fertility in Brazil. |
| title_short | The sociodemographic, behavioral, reproductive, and health factors associated with fertility in Brazil. |
| title_sort | sociodemographic behavioral reproductive and health factors associated with fertility in brazil |
| url | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0171888&type=printable |
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