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Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi. 1991 Aug;12(4):213-6.

[Studies on the influencing factors of the infertility rate in the rural area of Jiangsu Province].

Zhonghua liu xing bing xue za zhi = Zhonghua liuxingbingxue zazhi

[Article in Chinese]
Y Li

Affiliations

  1. Jiangsu Family Planning Institute, Nanjing.

PMID: 1934043

Abstract

This paper analyzed the influencing factors of the infertility rate in the rural area of Jiangsu province by means of chi 2 test and multiple regression model. The overall infertility rate was 5%. The results showed that the infertility rate was higher in older women, smokers, couples in the lower socioeconomic groups, much early or later married women. It is worth mentioning that the effect of variables affecting the fertility rate was difference between Southern Jiangsu area and Northern area. Women's habits of smoking and education level have a greater effect on the infertility rate in Southern Jiangsu area, whereas economic condition and women's marriage play a more prominent role in the North.

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