en Public Health Public Health پژوهشي Original Article <p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman;"><strong>Background</strong>: Reproduction is an important population concept throughout the world, and demographists consider it among four main life events. Given Iran&#39;s population growth policy, this study was conducted to assess the tendency to pregnancy in women in Zanjan.<br> <strong>Method</strong>: From among health centers in five geographical districts in Zanjan (North, South, East, West, and Center), one was randomly selected from each district, and the study was conducted on a total of 400 people. Data were analyzed in SPSS-16 using descriptive and inferential tests including Chi-square, t-test (mean test) and variance analysis.</span></span><br> <span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman;"><strong>Results:</strong> A total of 186 women (46.5%) desired pregnancy after marriage and 212 (53%) did not. Also, 209 husbands (52.2%) agreed with childbearing after marriage, and 186 (45.5%) disagreed.</span></span><br> <span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman;"><strong>Conclusion</strong>: Childbearing can be encouraged among husbands agreeing with pregnancy of their spouse (more than half) and women attending pregnancy counseling and family planning centers.</span></span></p> <p dir="RTL"></p><p></p> Desire for Pregnancy, Spouse 105 109 http://jhehp.zums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-30-2&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Hossein Masoumi Jahandizi hmjfh@zums.ac.ir 10031947532846009328 10031947532846009328 Yes Department of Public Health, School of Public Health, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanajan, Iran. Koorosh Kamali drkamali@zums.ac.ir 10031947532846009329 10031947532846009329 No Department of Public Health, School of Public Health, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran. Ali Mohammadi ali@zums.ac.ir 10031947532846009330 10031947532846009330 No Department of Public Health, School of Public Health, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran.