Author:

• Vânia Muniz Néquer Soares - Soares, VMN - Curitiba, Paraná - Secretaria Estadual de Saúde do Paraná, Universidade Tuiuti do Praná - <vaniam@onda.com.br>

Co-author(s):

• Vânia Muniz Néquer Soares - Soares, VMN - Curitiba, Paraná - Universidade Tuiuti do Paraná - <vaniam@onda.com.br>
• Néia Schor - Schor, N - Faculdade Saúde Pública /USP - <neschor@usp.br >

Thematic Area:

Saúde e Gênero

Abstract:

A quantitative , descriptive study aimed to identify the social and demographic characteristics of women in a big city in Brazil, as well as their reproductive and social protection conditions. The target population consisted of women with the last of five or more children born at the year 2005, living in Curitiba, identified by the registration system of new born babies. Interviews at households were carried out with 441 women from 2006 to 2008 using a semi-structured questionnaire. Data obtained in the study were presented in tables with absolute and relative frequencies, averages and standard deviations. From the results it is possible to delineate the following profile: migrant women in the state, living for over ten years in the capital, coming from large families, with a mean age of 35 years and five years of school, with more than one marriage, living in consensual union, underemployed, with an average income around US$ 352 to cover the needs of seven or more dependents. This profile clearly confirms the social vulnerability of these women and their families. The study concludes that active searching for women with high fertility by family health teams, in order to prioritize their needs, would help to reduce their social and health inequalities.

Keywords:

fertility rate reproductive rights social vulnerability

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