Peer-reviewed article
Formation of the Reproductive Behavior of Healthcare Students Depending on Their Mothers' Realized Plans.
Daniela Taneva, Angelina Kirkova ·
Summary
Written by AI, not yet AICS's view · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001This peer-reviewed study examines how mothers' reproductive decisions influence their daughters' family planning attitudes among healthcare students. Using a cross-sectional survey of 395 female students in 2018, the researchers found that mothers' education level and number of children significantly predicted daughters' views on ideal and planned family size. The study contributes to demographic understanding of intergenerational reproductive behaviour patterns.
Key points
- Students' reproductive behaviour was statistically significantly dependent on their mothers' realized family plans
- Mothers' education level was a statistically significant factor affecting daughters' views on ideal and planned number of children
- The actual number of children mothers had was statistically significant in shaping daughters' reproductive attitudes
- Study involved 395 female healthcare students surveyed in 2018
Limitations
The document does not specify which country or region the study was conducted in, limiting generalisability. The study is cross-sectional and correlational, so it cannot establish causation or the mechanisms through which mothers' choices influence daughters' attitudes.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: A socio-demographic analysis of marriage and family requires conducting deep studies penetrating the essence of the processes among the population. The issue of birth-rate, as a basic factor that determines the reproduction of the population, takes a central position in the demographic studies. The study of the influence of the mothers' reproductive behaviour on their daughters' repro-ductive attitude is of an undisputed interest. This study deals with mothers' realized plans as a factor in their daughters' family planning. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This cross-sectional study was carried out in 2018 through a direct group anonymous inquiry among 395 female students. The statistical processing of the data was made with descriptive, alternative, correlation and variance analyses. RESULTS: The students' reproductive behaviour is statistically significantly dependent on their mothers' realized family plans. Moth-ers' education and the real number of children are statistically significant factors for their daughters' views about the ideal and planned number of children. CONCLUSION: This study of the reproductive behaviour of the students advances the knowledge in the field by revealing that it is statisti-cally significantly dependent on their mothers' realized plans.