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  • Title: Kazakstan 1995: results from the demographic and health survey.
    Journal: Stud Fam Plann; 1997 Sep; 28(3):256-60. PubMed ID: 9322342.
    Abstract:
    This report presents the findings from the 1995 Kazakstan Demographic and Health Survey on fertility, fertility preferences, contraceptive usage, infant mortality, breast feeding, child health, and child malnutrition. The sample included 3771 women aged 15-49 years. 98.0% of the sample had an elementary, secondary, or higher education. Fertility was 2.5 children/woman during 1992-95, a decline from 4.5 during 1955-60. The fertility rate was 2.0 in urban areas and 3.1 in rural areas; 2.0 among women with a higher education, 2.4 among women with a secondary education, and 2.9 among women with a primary education. In the 4 years preceding the survey, fertility was 65/1000 women aged 15-19 years, 202/1000 among women aged 20-24 years, and 141/1000 among women aged 25-29 years. Peak fertility occurred at ages 20-24 years, with marked declines after age 30. The mean ideal number of children desired declined linearly from 3.3 among women aged 45-49 years to 2.5 among women aged 15-19 years. The ideal number increased with an increase in the number of living children. 29.0% of women with 1 child, 66.5% of women with 2 children, 77.2% of women with 3 children, and 81.5% of women with 4 children desired a stop to childbearing. 60.1% of all women desired a stop to childbearing. 83.9% of all births were wanted then, 8.4% were wanted later, and 7.7% were unwanted. 46.1% currently used modern methods of contraception. Current use was highest for the IUD (39.6%), followed by traditional methods (13.0%) and periodic abstinence (6.5%). 17.7% of non-users did not intend to use any method. 34.6% of non-users were opposed to family planning. 23.5% of users were never married, and 64.0% were married. 0.6% of children aged under 3 years had severe weight-for-height undernourishment and 3.1% had severe height-for-age undernourishment.
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