Fertility
Lewis and Thompson “Fertility is general used to indicate the actual reproductive performance of a women or groups of women.
Collins dictionary of sociology “The physical capacity of a woman or man to sexuality reproduces.”
Oxford Dictionary of Sociology, “The actual level of child bearing of an individual or population.
Fecundity:
Thompson and Lewis, “Fecundity is a biological potential of the physical capacity to participate in reproduction.”
C.D.S “The physiological capacity to reproduce.”
O.D.S. “The biological capacity for reproduction of individual of population.”
Factors affecting fertility
A. Biological Factors:
B. Indirect Social Factors
C. Direct factors
D. Other Social Factors
Lewis and Thompson “Fertility is general used to indicate the actual reproductive performance of a women or groups of women.
Collins dictionary of sociology “The physical capacity of a woman or man to sexuality reproduces.”
Oxford Dictionary of Sociology, “The actual level of child bearing of an individual or population.
Fecundity:
Thompson and Lewis, “Fecundity is a biological potential of the physical capacity to participate in reproduction.”
C.D.S “The physiological capacity to reproduce.”
O.D.S. “The biological capacity for reproduction of individual of population.”
Factors affecting fertility
A. Biological Factors:
- Health.
- Diseases.
- Food Habit.
B. Indirect Social Factors
- Age at marriage.
- Polygamy.
- Separation and divorce.
- Widowhood.
- Postpartum abstinence.
- Abstinence and Menstruation.
- Celibacy.
- Frequency of Coitus.
C. Direct factors
- Oral Pills.
- Loop.
- Condom.
- Abortion.
- Infanticide.
D. Other Social Factors
- Food supply.
- Economic condition.
- Family system.
- Social status of women.
- Political system.
- Attitude forwards children.
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