Edad de la Mujer al Primer Matrimonio y al Nacimiento del Primer Hijo [Guatemala] (Spanish)

Document Type

Further Analysis

Publication Topic(s)

Family Planning, Fertility and Fertility Preferences, Infant and Child Mortality, Maternal Health

Country(s)

Guatemala

Language

Spanish

Author(s)

Jorge Arias de Blois and Instituto de Investigaciones Universidad del Valle de Guatemala and Macro International Inc. Calverton, Maryland, USA

Publication Date

April 1990

Publication ID

FA9

Abstract:

Recognizing the demographic significance of the woman's age at first marriage or union and age at birth of the first child in the establishment of fertility levels, the information derived from the Encuesta Nacional de Salud Materno-Infantil 1987 was utilized to analyze both variables.