Our study showed a preponderance of formal education
among the elderly primigravidae with more than half of
them have attended formal education and majority are
gainfully employed. The pursuit for higher education and
career perhaps contributed to the delay in starting child bearing among the elderly primigravid mothers. This
finding is similar to the findings reported from other
centres (Sivalingam and Avalani, 1989; Bell JS et al.,
2001; Ziadeh, 2002).