The reality of fertility in the Algerian "A field study on a sample of women at the Hakim Saadane Clinic - Maternity Department - Laghouat

Abstract

This study aims to spot the controlling factors of the decrease in fertility in Algeria،
which is the number of living births for each woman. We have conducted this study on a
sample of women at the maternity section in Laghouat، thus the rates of population growth
were high especially after the independence as a result of the improvment in living and
health levels، and as an atonement for the grave shortage in population number. Soon، this
growth started to become dangerous for the developmental programs of the government in
the shadow of population expansion and the lack of ability to cover it all. It became
necessary to search for solutions for this problem. So، the government have adopted the
policy of birth control through groups of procedures and programs specifically the diverse
tools of contraception. All that coincides with the increase in the education level for women
specifically، and going out to work، and this is a result for the government’s efforts to fight
illiteracy، and enabling women in society، which has reflected on many of them to delay
marriage age، which is a result to the increase of their educational level، and the rise of
professioanl ambition، and even in the case of marriage، the decrease of fertility is seen.
That’s either due to the increase of educational level، or going out to work. It is noticed that
women’s births are decreasing a year after another، therefore we have asked the following
main question: what are the reasons behind the decrease of women’s fertility in laghouat?