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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"fertility preferences"”.
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Essays on Fertility and Fertility Preferences in India
… and individual levels, why contemporary fertility preferences diverge from actual fertility. I use three waves of cross-sectional survey data from the National Family Health Surveys from India (also known as the Indian Demographic and Health Surveys), fielded in 1992-3, 1998-9 and 2005-6 …
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Factors affecting the fertility preferences of college females
… role to include career achievement would depress fertility preferences, most especially for girls aspiring to high-status male careers. That is, individual status rewards would act as reward alternatives to childbearing. Results obtained with a random sample of 147 junior-senior college women …
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On Marriage Dynamics and Fertility in Malawi: How Does Remarriage Affect Fertility Preferences and Childbearing Behaviour?
The interplay between remarriage and fertility is among the most poorly documented subjects in sub-Saharan Africa, yet remarriage is one of the fundamental aspects of marriage dynamics in the region. Referring to classical demographic and statistical techniques, this research uses data collected …
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Communication and changing attitudes and perceptions towards childrenbearing in the advent of HIV and AIDS:A case study of Newtown and Central Town Communities in Kasama District
HIV and AIDS prevalence and fertility rates in Southern Africa has been consistently reported among the highest in the world. Little is known, however, about how HIV infection affects the fertility preferences of men and women in the region. The consequences of the pandemic in Southern Africa are …
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Communication and changing attitudes and perceptions towards childrenbearing in the advent of HIV and AIDS:A case study of Newtown and Central Town Communities in Kasama District
HIV and AIDS prevalence and fertility rates in Southern Africa has been consistently reported among the highest in the world. Little is known, however, about how HIV infection affects the fertility preferences of men and women in the region. The consequences of the pandemic in Southern Africa are …
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Recent changes in family structure and fertility in Jordan
… by throwing some light on the explanation of fertility change in developing countries. It hopes to do this by investigating the role of the family and its structure in explaining fertility attitudes and behaviour in Jordan. Some of the causes - at the level of intermediate variables - of …
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Characteristics and reproductive health needs of female 'Rural to Urban' migrants in Zambia
… methods, antenatal and delivery care and fertility preferences was extracted from the 1996 ZDHS data set, analyzed and compared between the two groups: urban non-migrants and recent rural-to-urban migrants. Analysis utilised standard descriptive and comparative statistical methods …