Factors Associated with Children Ever Born: A Case Study of Somadi Village Development Committee of Palpa District, Nepal

Abstract

A B S T R A C TFertility is one of the three principal components of population dynamics that determine the size, structure, and composition of the population in any country. Children ever born refer to the number of children born alive to the person up to a specified reference date. It includes children who have died since birth. This study aims to identify the socioeconomic and demographic factors influencing Children Ever Born (CEB) to the women of Somadi village development committee (VDC) of Palpa district of Nepal. This study is entirely based on primary data collected using convenience sampling through questionnaire methods. A representative sample of size 298 married women was taken for the study using proportionate sampling from the different ethnic groups. The result of the study shows that the factors age at marriage, occupation of husband and knowledge of contraceptive/family planning have statistically significant role for varying CEB among the women under study. The result of the study compels to recommend that various awareness programs should be conducted about the use of contraceptive/family planning and to stop practice of early marriage among the women to reduce the higher fertility. The factors 'knowledge of contraceptive/family planning', 'occupation of husband' and 'age at marriage' are seen to have very significant impact for explaining the children ever born (CEB) to the women of Somadi VDC of Palpa district of Nepal.

Determinant Factors of Fertility in Reproductive Age Women

“…The respondents with fewer children ever born (0-2) are middle class and above, while those with low wealth index has more children ever born (>2). This research aligns with that of Upadhyay and Bhandari (2017) in India, stating that family with the lowest income in India has the highest fertility rate, compared to those with lower economic status. It might correlate with other factors, including families with low economy or education status (Upadhyay & Bhandari, 2017).…”

“…Viewed from the result of the multivariate test, the age of first marriage is the most dominant factor that determines the fertility rate. The age of first marriage may sustain the chance of reproduction (Arsyad & Nurhayati, 2017;Mulmi, 2018;Upadhyay & Bhandari, 2017). The explanation about the relationship between the age of first marriage and the fertility rate is inverse, meaning that the higher the age of first marriage, the lesser the fertility rate (Larasati et al, 2018;Pratiwi & Herdayati, 2014).…”

“…Women who got married at 21-25 age have a higher chance of having more than two children, compared to those who got married at a younger or older age. Besides, previous research shows that the older the marriage, the less the children ever born is likely to happen (Arsyad & Nurhayati, 2017;Lestari, Musa, & Roy, 2018;Sinaga et al, 2017;Upadhyay & Bhandari, 2017).…”

A Study on Children Ever Born and its Associated Factors of Suddhodhan Rural Municipality of Rupandehi District, Nepal

“…The study done on Somadi VDC of Palpa district also showed the similar result that 84.3% illiterate women and 83% women whose husbands were illiterate had more than 2 children. 8 Likewise, concurrent result was also found in the study done in Nepal by Aravinda Satyanda,2014. 9 ,N Adhikari,2014.…”

“…Similar result was also found in another study done on Palpa district, Nepal where women who had no knowledge of contraceptive had more than 2 children. 8,9 The present study showed that women who had married at the age of (18-24) years were found more proportion to have more than 2 children. Similar results was also found on the study done in Nepal where women of younger age group had more children ever born.…”