SOCIAL – ECONOMIC STATUS AND MOTIVATION FOR GIVING BIRTH IN CAZIN REGION Cover Image

MOTIVACIJA RAĐANJA I SOCIOEKONOMSKI STATUS U CAZINSKOJ KRAJINI
SOCIAL – ECONOMIC STATUS AND MOTIVATION FOR GIVING BIRTH IN CAZIN REGION

Author(s): Sulejman Kendić
Subject(s): Regional Geography, Evaluation research, Demography and human biology, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: ISLAMSKI PEDAGOŠKI FAKULTET U BIHAĆU
Keywords: Economic status; Socio-economic research; Cazin region;

Summary/Abstract: The goal of this paper is to research the motivation of women for giving birth in Cazin region concerning the social-economic status and at the attitude of society to giving birth. The research was done on the pregnant women and women in the reproductive age who live in Cazin region ( V.Kladuša and Cazin) as well as the students of Pedagogic High School and Medical High School in the Bihać University. The total of 1195 patients was polled. Out of them 630 were pregnant, 350 of them were the women in the reproductive age and the 90 students from the Pedagogic High School who didn’t give the birth as well as the 105 students from the Medical High School. The pool was conducted from 1st July to 30th September 2008. Results: The patients’ average age was 23,5±2,8. 84,70% of them were not employed and the 15,39% were employed. 47,02% live in the apartment, 28,87% live in the family house and the rest of them, 24,20% , live in the rented houses and flats. 52,50% of them have finished the primary school, 23,50% have finished the high school and 6,30% have finished the university. 48,76% of them have one child, 47,84% have two children and the 3,23% have three children. 49,10% of them said that they want to have only two children and 49,10% of them said that they are not motivated to have children. 71,79% of the students said that they want to have only one child and 72,82% of them don't want to have any children. 43,76% of the patients don't see enough support from the country during the birth and after, 50,20% of the patients don't see any kind of the support from the country. 63,68% of the patients would have children if the state changed the law and the 30,79% of them wouldn't have the children at all. 65,43% of the patients think that they don't have enough money for themselves because of the economic situation, while the 23,93% think the opposite.

  • Issue Year: 2010
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 285-300
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Bosnian
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