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 Volume 7, Issue 2 (February 2020), Pages: 28-35

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 Original Research Paper

 Title: Rural community transformation and fertility transition in Malaysia

 Author(s): Rosniza Aznie Che Rose 1, *, Mazrin Rohizaq Che Rose 2, Rosmiza Mohd Zainol 1, Lam Kuok Choy 1, Mokhtar Jaafar 1

 Affiliation(s):

 1Faculty of Social Science and Humanity, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia
 2DVC/VP Marketing, Collaboration, and Int. (MART), Geomatika University College, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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 * Corresponding Author. 

  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4166-6338

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 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2020.02.005

 Abstract:

The rural transformation experienced due to the fertility transition in Malaysia has proven to be very meaningful research. The research question of this study is aimed at the following motivations which led to a smaller number of children. This study used the factor analysis method to establish eight main groups of 65 items in the survey. The findings of this research will be beneficial for many people in determining the direction of developments of local communities either in terms of population or national development planning in the future. The objectives of this research have led to the identification of factors influencing fertility rates in rural area Malaysia. The analysis factor and regression method have been used to find the relationship among 385 women aged fifteen years and above. The results from the multiple regression method were used to predict the relationship between fertility and multiple variables such as the age of first marriage, education, occupation and income. All these factors showed that women in rural areas are also affected by the spill-over of the fertility variable factors as translated in the Transitions of the Modern Fertility which will lead to a decrease in the gross birth rate as has happened all over the world. 

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 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords: Childbearing, Demography, Fertility, Pregnancy, Rural community

 Article History: Received 9 August 2019, Received in revised form 1 December 2019, Accepted 9 December 2019

 Acknowledgment:

It is appreciated and thankful to the SK-2017-002 Research Grant, led by Professor Dr. Mohd. Fuad Mat Jali, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia for the financial support given to the high impact of a publication project. Thank you for FRGS/1/2016/SS07/UKM/03/1 for funding this project Thank you to the Center for Research and Instrumentation Management, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia for their continued support in conducting research and publications.

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 Conflict of interest:  The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

 Citation:

 Rosniza Aznie CR, Mazrin Rohizaq CR, and Zainol RM et al. (2020). Rural community transformation and fertility transition in Malaysia. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 7(2): 28-35

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