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For downloading the full-text of this article please click here. Background and Objective: Reproductive behavior is one of the crucial factors in population fluctuations. Decrease in fertility rate in Iran with the increasing median age in recent years, along with the aging population and shrinking young workforce are among major challenges of the future. Given the significance of the subject, this study aimed to determine the relationship between religious attitudes and reproductive behavior of women who visited health centers of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in Tehran 2016. Method: This cross-sectional study included all women who went to health centers of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences. 200 of these women with inclusion criteria were selected via convenience sampling. A three-part questionnaire was used to collect data containing demographic information, religious attitudes, and reproductive behavior .To analyze the data, descriptive and analytical statistics were utilized. In this study, all the ethical issues were considered. Moreover, the authors declare no conflict of interest. Results: The results showed that the mean ±SD age of participants was 29.24±1.6 The mean ±SD number family size, number of children, age at marriage, duration of marriage, the time between the age at marriage and the first pregnancy were 3.16 ±0.79, 1.8±0.78 ,8.5±5.9 years; 24.74±24.79 months; and 21.02±4.47 years, respectively. The results also demonstrated that the level of religious attitudes was good in majority of samples (67.5%). Analysis of variance indicated a significant relationship between different levels of religious attitude and reproductive behavior. Conclusion: The findings of this study further corroborate the importance of religion in the reproductive behavior of people. It is recommended that when running educational programs, counseling be done in order to promote reproductive behavior. Besides, special attention should be given to the religious beliefs of individuals to foster these two important factors. For downloading the full-text of this article please click here.

For downloading the full-text of this article please click here. Background and Objectives: Given the significant importance of fertility and increase of working women in current situation of Iran, this study aimed to determine the relationship between religious orientations with the willingness to childbearing and actual and ideal number of children in employed women in Tehran. Materials & Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 200 women employed in health centers and centers of education affiliated to Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in Tehran were selected by convenience sampling because more than two-thirds of working women in Iran work in the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Health. In this study, women were selected inclusion criteria. Data collection instrument was a questionnaire containing demographic, religious orientation and reproductive behavior questions. Data analysis were performed using descriptive statistics and correlation analysis. In addition, significant level was considered 0.05. In this study, all relevant ethical issues were considered. Results: In this study, the mean±SD age of subjects was 37.55±8.11 years. 57% of participants had a child or without children. The majority of samples (60.5%) have an excellent religious orientation. Mean±SD of the actual number and ideal number of children were 1.31±0.81 and 2.03±0 .79, respectively and 21% of participants were willing to bear children in the future. There was a significant statistical correlation between the actual number and ideal number of children with religious orientation (p 0.05). Conclusion:The results showed that religious orientation is cultural factors affecting the real and ideal number of children among employed women. Therefore, it is recommended to consider the cultural affairs based on the religious education in the family and planning and population policy.For downloading the full-text of this article please click here. Please cite this article as: Saei Gharenaz M, Ozgoli G, Hajizadeh F, Sheikhan Z, Nasiri M, Jannesari Sh. The relationship between religious orientation with intention of desired fertility and actual and desirable number of children in working women of Tehran, Iran. J Res Relig Health.2017;3(1):79- 90.