Journal of Korean Public Health Nursing (한국보건간호학회지)
- Volume 3 Issue 1
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- Pages.5-17
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- 1989
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- 1226-0290(pISSN)
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- 2234-2869(eISSN)
A Study on Menopause among Midde-aged Women in Korea
우리나라 중년부인의 폐경에 관한 연구
- Jung Moon-Hee (Department of Nursing College of Medicine Hanyang University)
- 정문희 (한양대학교 의과대학 간호학과)
- Published : 1989.02.01
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the natural menopause age of middle-aged women in Korea and to analyse various factors affecting them. For the collection of date, 1,140 women aged between 45-54 were selected through stratified sampling technics in Seoul and at a rual area in Kyong KiProvince. They were interviewed from Nov. 1 through Dec. 31,1987 by use of questionnaires made after pilot study had been performed twice. Among them the final subjects for analysis were restricted to only those who had experienced menopause or irregular menstruation during the past one year, the number of which was total 410:206 in urban and 204 in rural area. For the analysis, menopause age was used as dependent variables while fertility variables, socio-economic variables, bio-physical varibles, and insight of life variables were classified as independent variables. Dependent variables such as menopause was tested and analysed by descriptive statistical methods(e.g., frequency, percentage, mean,
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