RT - Journal Article T1 - The prevalence of unwanted children and its affecting factors in Babol JF - J-Mazand-Univ-Med-Sci YR - 2004 JO - J-Mazand-Univ-Med-Sci VO - 14 IS - 45 UR - http://jmums.mazums.ac.ir/article-1-409-en.html SP - 35 EP - 44 K1 - Ünwanted child K1 - prevalence K1 - affecting factors AB - Background and purpose : Ünwanted birth is a major consequence of improper implementation of family planning programme. This study was aimed to determine the unwanted birth rate and its predisposing factors among married women in Babol population. Materials and methods : Â cross-sectional study was conducted on 508 married women referred to a private and a public hospital in Babol city in 2001. Â questionnaire was designed to collect information during interview of mothers at the time of the delivery. The logistic regression model was applied to estimate the odds ratio of various factors on the risk of unwanted child using SPSS software. Results : Results showed that the prevalence rate of unwanted birth was 19.5% and the chance of having unwanted children was significantly increased with increasing mothers' age as in women aged 20-29, 2.1, 30-39 ≥ 40, the odds ratio were 4.55 and 9.65 times greater than women aged LA eng UL http://jmums.mazums.ac.ir/article-1-409-en.html M3 ER -