Analyzing the Factors Affecting in the Desire to have Children with a Phenomenological Approach

AbstractIntroduction: The aim of the current research was to discover and understand the effective components in the process of having children in Iranian married women, which was carried out using the Colaizzi method and the phenomenological strategy in the autumn of 2022.Methods: In order to collect data using targeted sampling and semi-structured interview method; Theoretical saturation was achieved in the 23rd interview. These data were analyzed in the seven stages of the Colaizzian method and their validity was checked and confirmed using Lincoln and Guba criteria. Findings: The results indicated the statistics of 8 themes (economic, family, individual, sociological, cultural, lifestyle, psychological and health) which covered 32 clusters and 87 codes. Based on the identified codes, themes such as economic (21 codes), individual (19 codes) and psychological (14 codes) were prioritized respectively. In terms of frequency, the highest frequency is related to "economic problems" in the government obstacles cluster, "livelihood problems" in the community cluster, "rent" in the housing cluster, "mother's employment and couple's job security" in the employment cluster, "increase age" in the age cluster, "negative attitude" in the modernity cluster and "Irresponsibility" has been in the cluster of accepting one's role as a parent.conclusion: Considering that sociologists believe that a serious focus on young people is the basis of childbearing for the future generation and the wealth of any country is its young population, therefore the findings obtained in the current research can be of interest to sociological, economic, psychology, family and marriage counseling.