Abstract:
This dissertation looked at the fertility rate,
fertility pattern and some of the diseases
that cause fertility problems which leads to pregnancy wastage and fertility
differentials in women within the reproductive age using binary Logistic and Multiple
regression. The result shows that the average Tota
l Fertility Rate (TFR) of sample I,
sample II and sample III are approximately five (5) children per woman, seven(7)
children and six (6) children respectively. The histogram and the line graph of the
three samplesindicate a gradual decline in TFR
as the y
ears increases. R
esult of
logistic regression shows that Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD), Ectopic
Pregnancy (ECT) and Ovarian Cyst (O
VC) have a negative value which
indicates
decrease
in Total Life Birth
. Multiple regression result indicates a positive
value in
STD, FB and ECT while OVC is negative in sample I. In sample II, only STD is
negative while FB, OVC and ECT are positive. Result of Sample III shows a positive
value in STD, FB, OVC and ECT which indicate increase in Total Life Birth (TLB).
Based
on the result of the two method
s
used, binary logistic regression proved to be
the best model for analyzing the data since the result is showing negative values in the
variables STD, OVC and ECT which indicates decrease in fertility. While positive
values
in most of the
variables
in Multiple Regression
result
indicates increase in
TLB.
