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@article{185022,
        author = {SWEETY TWINKLYN D.A and Dr G Jayanthi},
        title = {A STUDY ON ECONOMIC AND NON-ECONMIC BURDEN OF INFERTILITY TREATMENT AMONG WORKING WOMEN IN COIMBATORE CITY},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2025},
        volume = {12},
        number = {4},
        pages = {4428-4434},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=185022},
        abstract = {Infertility is the disease that occur in male or female reproductive system leading to a failure in achieving pregnancy after 12 months. The solution to overcome infertility is taking ART (Assisted Reproductive Technology) treatment. The successful pregnancy is found in type of Assisted Reproductive Technology that is IVF (In-Vitro Fertilization). Low- and Middle-Income countries find challenging to undertake the treatment as it is expensive. The research attempt to examine the impact of economic and non-economic burden faced by infertile women. Structured interview schedule was prepared to collect primary data compressed with the sample of 47 that focused the fertility clinic in Coimbatore city. The statistical tools implemented in the study are, percentage, Garret Ranking, Weighted Average, Chi-Square. The research examined there is strong relationship between the income and the expenditure done for the treatment. The finding shows infertile working women encounters psychological problems created by own family members. In order to overcome uncomfortable situation, women follow strategies like engaging themselves in doing work to be financially independent, spending lot of time with the family and friends etc. The study suggested that the child adoption would be the finest option to overcome the issues of Economic and Non-Economic burden.},
        keywords = {Infertility, Assisted Reproductive Technology, In-Vitro Fertilization, cost, psychological problem, Low- and Middle-Income Countries.},
        month = {September},
        }