Does the pregnancy intendedness affect subjective happiness?

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Objectives: This study aims to determine factors affecting subjective happiness, identify and compare the effects of pregnancy intendedness on subjective happiness. Methods: This study is a descriptive and relationship-seeking study. 610 people was included in the study, 302 people who wanted their pregnancy and 308 people who did not want their pregnancies in Diyarbakır Maternity and Children Hospital between 29.05.2018 and 25.02.2019. A Personal Information Form and Subjective Happiness Scale (SHS) were used to collect study data. Results: It was found that SHS mean scores of the women who wanted to become pregnant (18.58±3.82) and did not want to become pregnant (15.62±5.01) were statistically significant (p<0.05). Age, place of residence, spouse age, pregnancy and number of miscarriages affected the mean scores of SHS in woman who wanted to become pregnant. Similarly, it was found that age, income perception, spouse age and spouse working status, number of pregnancies, number of living children and miscarriages of women who did not want to become pregnant affected the mean SHS score. In both groups, it was found that similar variables affected the mean scores of SHS and the difference between the mean scores was statistically significant (p <0.05). Conclusion: It was found that those who wanted to become pregnant were happier and being pregnant increased their subjective happiness. In addition, socio-demographic and obstetric characteristics affected subjective happiness.