RT Journal Article
T1 Reproductive pattern of cuban women living in the municipality of Plaza de la Revolución Havana Cuba
A1 Vázquez, Vanessa
A1 Camargo, Ana María
A1 Costa, Marlen
A1 Alonso Ferreira, Verónica
A1 Luna Gómez, Francisco
AB This paper assesses the reproductive and abortion patterns of women living in Plaza de la Revolucio´n, a municipality of Havana, Cuba, by studying the factors influencing birth and abortion rates. Socio-demographic data and female reproductive histories were collected in a survey of 1200 post-menopausal women living in the municipality. Average ages at menarche and at menopause were 12.71 and 48.39 years, respectively, thus yielding a potential long reproductive period of 35.68 years, indicating high fertility. Although the mean pregnancy rate was 3.81 pregnancies per woman, the live birth rate at time of delivery was only 1.89 due to the high rate of abortions: 40% of all pregnancies were voluntarily interrupted. Among the biological and socio-cultural variables that were found to influence the rate of live births were those related marriage pattern, especially age at first union. Demographic variables such as pregnancy order, maternal age and marital status were the main determinants of the abortion pattern, with abortion being used as a method of birth control in order to obtain the desired family size, and most women (75.2%) using contraceptives.
PB Cambridge University Press
SN 0021-9320, ESSN: 1469-7599
YR 2015
FD 2015-07
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/23252
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/23252
LA eng
NO Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN)
DS Docta Complutense
RD 5 abr 2025