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  • Title: [Female fertility in Algeria: biodemographic and psychosocial aspects].
    Author: Grassivaro Gallo P, Florio A.
    Journal: Genus; 1993; 49(3-4):115-34. PubMed ID: 12346221.
    Abstract:
    The survey was completed in the Mustafa Hospital of Algiers in the obstetrical-gynecological ward by administering 3 questionnaires dealing with anthropological, socioeconomic, and demographic information to women who were under 55 years old with at least 1 child and who presented at the ward during July 28-August 31, 1988. A total of 239 women with an average age of 30.9 years were interviewed in French. 82% had some education. A subgroup of 40 women were also queried about reproduction to gather psychosocial information. The age at first marriage averaged 20.8 years for the whole group, while 42% got married before 19 years old. Women who were 40-55 years old had an average number of 6.1 live births. Women 25-39 years old who got married at the age of 15-19 had an average of 4.2 live births, while women of the same who were married after 25 years old had only 1.9 births. In the 25-39 age group, illiterate women had 5 live births, those with elementary school had 3.5 births, those with secondary school had 2.4 births, and college or university educated women had 1.7 births. Most women preferred a partner from their own ethnic group. 66% of marriages were amongst Arabs and 77% amongst Kabils or Berbers. Consanguineous marriages constituted 16.7% among Arabs, and 27% among Kabils. Polygyny amounted to 11.1% among the Arabs, and 19.1% among the Kabils. The age at menarche was 14.3 +or- 1.5 years. 7.5% of women used the IUD, 42.7% used oral contraceptives, and a total of 66% stated that they used some kind of contraceptive. The reasons for nonuse of contraception were the desire to have children (35 women or 15%) and the husband's opposition (9 women, 3.8%). The psychosocial views of 40 subjects regarding reproduction generally agreed with previous opinions. The findings confirm the demographic change that has been substantiated in the country recently.
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