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Motives for parenthood among couples attending a level 3 infertility clinic in the public health sector in South Africa

Author(s) -

Silke Dyer,

N E Mokoena,

J. S. Maritz,

Zephne M. van der Spuy

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

human reproduction

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.446

H-Index - 226

eISSN - 1460-2350

pISSN - 0268-1161

DOI - 10.1093/humrep/dem279

Subject(s) - childlessness , happiness , fertility , infertility , psychology , public health , developmental psychology , social psychology , medicine , demography , population , pregnancy , sociology , nursing , biology , genetics

Most African countries are pronatalistic with high total fertility rates and a low prevalence of voluntary childlessness. At present, limited data exist relating to the reasons why men and women desire children. This study explores parenthood motives among infertile couples from an urban community in South Africa.

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