世帯類型より見た妊産婦の利用保健機関について

抄録

Of 1326 childbirths among the residents in Kita Ward of Kyoto city in 1958, (a) institution where pregnancy of expectant mother was diagnosed, (b) the stage of pregnancy when it was registered, (b) place of delivery were investigated with special repect to the relation between these items and their family structure which was divided into two types, viz. “elementary” and “compound”; the former term being used for the families consisting of a couple and their children and the later for the remaining families.
The ratio of women whose pregnancies had been diagnosed in hospital clinic, private clinic or maternity home and also the ratio of hospital delivery, delivery in the other medical institutes or home delivery were almost same irrespective of thier family structure.
The ratio of women whose pregnancy registered before 4 month or after 6 month of thier pregnancy were significantly higher in elementary families.
The ratio of women, whose pregnancies were diagnosed in hospital clinic but their confinement was not supervised in hospital, were significantly higher in elemintary families.
In elementary families, ratio of home delivery increased according to mother's age, while in compound families no such tendency was noticed.