Abstract
Background: Fertility is one of the important elements of population growth. Objectives: The aim of this study was comparative surveying of the cultural eective factors on TFR (total fertility rate) in Kerman- shah in 1996, 2006 and 2011. Materials and Methods: In this quantitative study, data were prepared from Iran statistics center, health center and registration center. Structural equation models were used for modeling in AMOS software. Results: Men's average marriage age in 1996 and women schooling rate in 2006 and 2011, coecients was equals 0.05, 0.08 and 0.19 respectively, have had the highest eects on fertility decrease. Conclusions: In this study women schooling rate had the highest eect on fertility decrease.
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