the socio-economic status predicting women’s reproductive health: a prospective cohort study in ardabil city, iran, 2017-2020

Background: women often have many reproductive health problems in developing countries. economic and social factors play a vital role in health outcomes. this study aimed-predict women’s reproductive health from socio-economic status in ardabil city, iran in 2020.methods: a cross-sectional study was conducted based on a prospective cohort study in ardabil in march 2020. out of 9,000 eligible participants (35-70 years old and living in ardabil), 368 women were included in the study with systematic random sampling. a checklist was used-collect all patient information from the ardabil persian cohort study. data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, logistic regression, and multivariate regression analysis. the significance level was 5%. data were examined using statistical spss software, version 21.results: the results showed a significant statistical relationship between socio-economic status and women’s reproductive health (p<0.001). women with higher socio-economic status had fewer reproductive health issues, such as infertility (p<0.001), and tubectomy (p=0.004), abortion (p<0.001), stillbirth (p<0.001), atypical menopause (p<0.001) and hysterectomy (p=0.021).conclusion: the findings showed a significant inequality in reproductive health status among women who were at different socio-economic levels. policymakers should consider these results-promote women’s reproductive health.