Iranian Sociological of Association Iranian Journal of Sociology 1735-1901 22 1 2021 03 21 The Impacts of Population Control Policies on Unintended Pregnancy in Southern Tehran The Impacts of Population Control Policies on Unintended Pregnancy in Southern Tehran 91 72 248996 /10.22034/jsi.2021.532760.1450 FA Zahra Mokhtarinia دانشجوی دکترای جامعه شناسی 0000-0001-9995-7811 Forouzandeh Jafarzadeh Pour Associate Professor, Faculty of Humanities and Social Studies Tahmineh Shaverdi Associated Professor in Institute of Humanities and Social Science 0000-0002-1855-6686 Journal Article 2022 01 12 Iran has implemented various population control policies during the past decades, and policies have had deep impacts on family as the smallest unit of society especially on women. This paper examines the Islamic Republic’s population policies and their impacts on unintended pregnancies. We employed grounded theory and carried out semi-structured interviews with 23 three participants who had experienced unintended pregnancies. To select the participants, we did purposeful and access sampling methods; this process stopped when we reached the saturation point. Generally speaking, 452 concepts, 47 sub-categories, and 15 main categories were extracted from the data. Then, the “dissatisfaction with government’s interference” and “imposed pregnancy” In addition, the mediating factors were poverty and expensiveness. The participants’ strategies were as follows: asking for supporting packages and suppressing demands which in turn put more pressure on low income families and create dissatisfaction. Iran has implemented various population control policies during the past decades, and policies have had deep impacts on family as the smallest unit of society especially on women. This paper examines the Islamic Republic’s population policies and their impacts on unintended pregnancies. We employed grounded theory and carried out semi-structured interviews with 23 three participants who had experienced unintended pregnancies. To select the participants, we did purposeful and access sampling methods; this process stopped when we reached the saturation point. Generally speaking, 452 concepts, 47 sub-categories, and 15 main categories were extracted from the data. Then, the “dissatisfaction with government’s interference” and “imposed pregnancy” In addition, the mediating factors were poverty and expensiveness. The participants’ strategies were as follows: asking for supporting packages and suppressing demands which in turn put more pressure on low income families and create dissatisfaction. http://www.jsi-isa.ir/article_248996_909b89bab0dc3e31c90a175dc7620b6b.pdf