SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS AFFECTING PRIMARY INFERTILITY IN BENGALI AND PAKISTANI WOMEN:A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY

  • Dallah Hospital Namar, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
  • Al-Abeer Medical Center, Shumaisy, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia .
  • ICU, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
  • College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan CPSP) .
  • Farooq Hospital, DHA/ National Hospital, DHA Lahore, Pakistan.
  • Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad, Pakistan
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Objectives:To identify sociodemographic factors associated with primary infertility in bengali and pakistani women.

Results: A total of 2.9% of Bengali and 4.7% of Pakistani women had primary infertility. The Bengali women were better educated thanthe Pakistani women. About40% of the women in both populations were poor. An age of 30 years at the time of survey had inverse relationship,while an age of 30 years at the time of first sexual union was directly related to primary infertility in Bangladesh and Pakistan. Urban or rural residence, wealth status, and education did not show any significant relationship with primary infertilityamong Pakistani women; however,better education was inversely related to primary infertilityamongBengali women.


[Faiqa A. Tullah, Saima Iqbal, Muhammad Kashif Malik, Sadia Farooq, Samia Baig and Seemin Kashif (2025); SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS AFFECTING PRIMARY INFERTILITY IN BENGALI AND PAKISTANI WOMEN:A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY Int. J. of Adv. Res. (Oct). 1399-1403] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com


Seemin Kashif
Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad, Pakistan
Saudi Arabia