J Agric Med Community Health.  2007 Sep;32(2):63-73.

The Related Factors of Attitude toward Childbirth among Female Students in Junior, Senior High School, and University

• Paeng KY
• Kim JR
• Kang YS
• Hong DY

Abstract

OBJECTIVES
The purpose of this study was to obtain basal information to establish a proper birth-encouraging policy in the future through the survey of the attitude towards childbirth and its related factors among female students in junior, senior high school, and university.
METHODS
A survey was performed for 2 weeks in June, 2006, for a total of 688 female students which included 185 ones in a girls' junior high school and 242 ones in a girls' senior high school in Sacheon, and 261 ones in two universities in Jinju. The selfadministered questionnaires developed by the authors included the socio-demographic characteristics, the attitude towards childbirth, the preference of a son for their future child, the belief on relative importance of family or work after marriage, the seriousness perception of low birth rate in Korea, frequencies of education in school about low birth rate. The attitude was measured by an answer to the question of 'To what degree do you think you are going to have a child(or children)?'
RESULTS
The proportion of positive attitude towards their future childbirth was 76.2% in junior high school, 63.9% in high school, and 82.8% in university students (p<0.01). In the logistic regression analysis, the significant factors related with positive attitude towards future childbirth were school grade, preference of a son for their future children, and belief on relative importance of family or work after marriage.
CONCLUSIONS
It suggests that the related factors with positive attitude towards future childbirth need to be considered to make a proper birth policy.

Keyword

Attitude towards childbirth; Related factors

MeSH Terms

Birth Rate
Child
Education
Female*
Gyeongsangnam-do
Humans
Korea
Logistic Models
Marriage
Parturition*
Surveys and Questionnaires