Open AccessReproductive patterns amoneu Swedish women born 1936–1960
Author(s) -
Högberg Ulf,
Sandström Anita,
Nilsson Nils Gunnar
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
acta obstetricia et gynecologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.401
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1600-0412
pISSN - 0001-6349
DOI - 10.3109/00016349209009920
Subject(s) - medicine , gynecology , demography , obstetrics , sociology
An analysis was made of a cross‐sectional survey of 4,299 women born in Sweden in the period 19361960, regarding their reproductive performance. Fecundability was only 12% lower for women in the 30–39 year age interval than for women up to 29 years of age. Cumulative pregnancy rates for individual years fell in the range 93–96%. No difference in fecundability could be discerned between women born in 1936–45 vis‐à‐vis 1946–60. Primary and secondary infertility were noted for 6.6% and 11.0% respectively of the entire population surveyed. Primary infertility, more prevalent among those born in 194660, was found to be related to a higher level of education, an urban life style and low age at first coitus. The risk of suffering a spontaneous abortion increased with advancing maternal age.