Childbearing, the desire to have children, and awareness about the impact of age on female fertility among Finnish university students
Childbearing, the desire to have children, and awareness about the impact of age on female fertility among Finnish university students
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DOI：
10.3109/13625187.2011.553295
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发表时间：
2011-04-01
影响因子：
1.7
通讯作者：
Kunttu, Kristina
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作者：
Virtala, Aira;Vilska, Sirpa;Kunttu, Kristina
目的了解芬兰大学生的生育史、生育意愿及年龄对女性生育能力影响的认识。方法2008年对芬兰大学生进行全国调查。一份调查问卷发给了9967名年龄在35岁以下的芬兰大学生。总共有1864名男性和3222名女性回答了这份问卷。总有效率为51%（男性为42%，女性为59%）。学生们被问及他们的孩子数量，期望生育，以及对年龄对女性生育能力影响的认识。结果8.25%的被调查者有孩子，94.0%的被调查者想要孩子。女生比男生更清楚年龄对女性生育能力的影响。超过一半的男性和大约三分之一的女性认为，女性生育能力的显著下降始于45岁以后。绝大多数芬兰大学生希望将来有孩子。他们对女性生育能力与年龄有关的自然下降的认识不足。学校的性健康教育和保健人员对男子和妇女的计划生育咨询应包括有关与年龄有关的生育率下降的信息。
Objective To describe Finnish university students' childbearing histories, desires concerning childbearing, and awareness regarding the impact of age on female fertility.Methods A national survey of Finnish university students in 2008. A questionnaire was sent to 9,967 Finnish undergraduate university students aged less than 35 years. Altogether, the questionnaire was answered by 1,864 men and 3,222 women. The overall response rate was 51% (42% for men and 59% for women). Students were asked about their number of children, desired childbearing, and awareness of the effect of age on female fertility.Results Of the respondents, 8.25% had children, and 94.0% wanted to have children in the future. Female students were more aware of the impact of age on female fertility than were male students. Over half of the men and approximately one-third of the women thought that the marked decrease in female fertility begins after the age of 45 years.Conclusions A vast majority of Finnish university students wanted to have children in the future. Their awareness of the natural, age-related decline in female fertility was insufficient. Sexual health education in schools and health care personnel's family planning counselling, for both men and women, should include information about the age-related drop in fertility.