RT - Journal Article T1 - The Role of Gender Preference in Reproductive Behavior of Women in the City of Kangavar JF - sjimu YR - 2015 JO - sjimu VO - 22 IS - 6 UR - http://sjimu.medilam.ac.ir/article-1-1477-en.html SP - 133 EP - 142 K1 - Reproductive behavior K1 - sexual preference K1 - sex ratio. AB - Introduction: One of the cultural problems of Third World countries is sexual pre-ference attitudes. Gender is an important determinant of women's reproductive beh-avior in south Asia and Middle East cou-ntries. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of sexual preference on fertility of women in Kangavar city. Materials & Methods: This cross-sectional study was done on 279 women who had at least 3 children and experienced their fourth and more pregnancy during the last 2 years. Databases were collected through house-hold health records in health networks. D-ata was extracted and analyzed by SPSS17 and appropriate statistical tests. Findings: The mean age of participants was 38.9±3.4 years. 41% of participants were illiterate and the rest had elementary and seconddary education. 61% of participants were living in village. Results of correlation tests showed that male´s and female´s education and their place of residence had a significant relationship with high women's fertility (P LA eng UL http://sjimu.medilam.ac.ir/article-1-1477-en.html M3 ER -