Demography

Biology

Live birth

Infant mortality

Environmental health

Genetics

Child mortality

Fertility

Population

Internal medicine

Sociology

Medicine

Logistic regression

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Public Health Research

Ethiopia is one of the countries with h igh and uncontrolled fert ility in Africa. The TFR is 4.8 ch ild ren per wo man and under five mortality rates 88 per 1000 live births. Th is study was designed to identify determinants of high fertility status among Married wo man Gilgel Gibe Field Research Center of Jimma University. Un matched case-control study was conducted. Cases are wo men with number of children ever born alive greater or equal to five and controls are wo men with nu mber of children ever born alive less than five. Simp le random sampling technique was used. Logistic regression was used to analyze the data by using backward variable selection technique. In this study, age at last birth affect fertility status significantly with adjusted OR of 25.65. Under-five mortality affected fert ility status significantly AOR of 1.91. Monthly family inco me, Age at first marriage, history of stillbirth experience and number of children desired before marriage were the other variables that showed significant associations with the level of fertility. The finding imp lies high fertility status is strongly associated with age at last birth, child death and some other factors like stillbirth. Hence measures that reduce child mortality and stillbirth are believed to decrease fertility status besides promoting child survival.

Determinants of High Fertility Status among Married Women in Gilgel Gibe Field Research Center of Jimma University, Oromia, Ethiopia: A Case Control Study