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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">3691</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url">http://dx.doi.org/10.31782/IJCRR.2021.13923</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Fertility Transitions in Qatar: The Dynamics between Women__ampersandsignrsquo;s Socioeconomic Status and Fertility&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Lari</surname><given-names>Noora Ahmed</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Al-Rakeb</surname><given-names>Noof Abdulhadi</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>7</day><month>05</month><year>2021</year></pub-date><volume>)</volume><issue/><fpage>46</fpage><lpage>51</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Introduction: Qatar society has undergone major socio-economic transformations that have eventually promoted female access to education and career opportunities, which has, in turn, impacted fertility preferences.&#13;
Objective: This paper examines the determinants of Qatari women__ampersandsignrsquo;s socioeconomic characteristics on fertility rates and preferences, as well as their policy implications.&#13;
Methods: Data from a 2018 fertility survey project with a random sample of 607 Qatari households, collected via personal interviews using a questionnaire programmed into a computer-assisted personal interview system, were examined based on a multi-dimensional model. The data were analyzed using logistic and Poisson regression techniques.&#13;
Results: The results demonstrated that the Qatari women__ampersandsignrsquo;s average fertility rate was 3.2, with the women in the 20__ampersandsignndash;29 age group having the highest fertility rate. An evaluation of the effects of women__ampersandsignrsquo;s educational attainment and employment status revealed no significant factors influencing the age-specific fertility rate of Qatari women. The use of family planning methods was more prevalent in older women who have had more children than younger women.&#13;
Conclusion: The paper concludes with practical family-friendly policy implications for higher authorities in response to the declining fertility rate among Qatari women by elucidating the sustainable development goals concerning Qatari national reproductive health.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Fertility rates</kwd><kwd> Women</kwd><kwd> Education</kwd><kwd> Employment status</kwd><kwd> Qatar</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
