PRENATAL CARE AND MATERNAL AGE, EDUCATION AND REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVEOUR

Abstract

Reproductive behavior of 1525 pregnant woman were studied in the time of termination of pregnancy in relation to maternal age, education, prenatal care and the number of previous pregnancies. The results show that the frequency of maternal attendance at the centers of prenatal care is significantly related to maternal education. And the total pregnancies per woman are inversely correlated with maternal education. The kind of termination of pregnancy which resulted in live births or abortion have significant relation to maternal age such a way that the highest percentage of abortion observed in the age group of 15-19 ; and the highest number of natural deliveries has been in the age group of 20-29.