TY - JOUR ID - 7306 TI - Intergenerational Comparison of Value of Children among Urban Women Population in Mashhad, Iran, 2014 JO - Journal of Midwifery and Reproductive Health JA - JMRH LA - en SN - AU - Fazeli, Elham AU - Golmakani, Nahid AU - Taghipour, Ali AU - Shakeri, Mohammad Taghi AD - Student of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran. AD - Assistant Professor, Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran AD - Assistant Professor, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran AD - Professor, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran Y1 - 2016 PY - 2016 VL - 4 IS - 4 SP - 732 EP - 740 KW - Value of children KW - Social values KW - Behavior selection KW - AGE KW - Intergenerational relationships KW - Women DO - 10.22038/jmrh.2016.7306 N2 - Background & aim: Theory of the value of children refers to the needs that children fulfill for parents. Considering the close relationship between the value orientation of individuals and decisions to organize life and form a family, including having children, as well as the decline in fertility rate in Iran, this study aimed to intergenerationally compare the value of children and its dimensions among women in Mashhad, Iran. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 712 women referring to the health centers of Mashhad, Iran selected via multistage sampling. Data were collected using a demographic questionnaire and Value of Children (VOC) questionnaire, including emotional, economic and social dimensions. Validity of the VOC questionnaire was determined via content validity, and its reliability was confirmed via internal consistency. Data analysis was performed in SPSS version 16, and P value of less than 0.05 was considered significant. Results: Among the studied women, dimension of perceived emotional value of children had the highest mean score in the VOC questionnaire (68.89±18.02), while the lowest mean scores were observed in dimensions of economic and social value of children (46.13±19.36 and 43.89±15.15, respectively). Moreover, mean score of the emotional value of children was higher among younger women, while mean scores of economic and social value were higher among older women. Conclusion: According to the results of this study, emotional value of children is more important to women. Changing value of children from the economic and social dimensions to the emotional dimension among younger generations is suggestive of a new perspective toward developing comprehensive, regular training interventions in order to promote the reproductive behaviors of women. UR - https://jmrh.mums.ac.ir/article_7306.html L1 - https://jmrh.mums.ac.ir/article_7306_dd8160400531d45482b7b136c32a0eda.pdf ER -