Women’s Status and Fertility Behaviors (A Case Study of Methinkot VDC, Kavre, District)

Abstract

‘Women’s Status and Fertility Behaviors’ is a study by the information of 120 currently married women of Methinkot VDC, Kavre Planchok District.The study is carried toanalyze the relationship between status of women and fertility performance in rural area.The main objectives of the study are:  To identifysocio-economic and health status of women in Methinkot VDC To study the fertility behavior of women in Methinkot VDC To examine the relationship between status of women of reproductive ages (15-49years) and children ever born.The socio-economic demographic and health status are included under status of women.The fertility performance of women is measured in mean CEB. The major findings of the study are: About(66%)of respondents were literate but only(8.3%) respondents have completedhigher level ofeducation. Agriculture is the major occupation of the area.(About 73%)respondentsare engaged in agriculture. The highest (44.2%) respondents were married below the age of 15. About(67%)respondents have their first childbearing between the ages (15-19) years.This shows it needs to increase age at marriage. All of the respondents found working duringpregnancy period among them(58.7%)workformore than ten houraday. It shows that there is a poor reproductive health status of women. The lowest mean CEB(1.53) is to women who married at the age of(20-24) years and the highest mean CEB (3.2)is found to the women who started childbearing between the age (15-19).Women with ever use of contraception have(2.61)CEB and currently using respondents have(2.65)CEB.