Economic Security, Informational Resources, and Women's Reproductive Choices in Urban Mozambique

Social Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 60-79

  Agadjanian, Victor ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE--WOMEN; BEHAVIOR; BIRTH LIMITING--DETERMINANTS; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE USAGE--DETERMINANTS; CONTRACEPTIVE USAGE--WOMEN; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CURRENTLY MARRIED--WOMEN; DECISION MAKING--WOMEN; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EASTERN AFRICA; ECONOMIC FACTORS; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY PLANNING; FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MARRIAGE; MICROECONOMIC FACTORS; MOTHER; MOTIVATION--WOMEN; MOZAMBIQUE; NUPTIALITY; PARENT; PERCEPTION--WOMEN; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; PORTUGUESE SPEAKING AFRICA; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; RESEARCH REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ATTITUDE--WOMEN; BEHAVIOR; BIRTH LIMITING--DETERMINANTS; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE USAGE--DETERMINANTS; CONTRACEPTIVE USAGE--WOMEN; CULTURE; CURRENTLY MARRIED--WOMEN; DECISION MAKING--WOMEN; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EASTERN AFRICA; ECONOMIC FACTORS; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY PLANNING; FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; INFORMATION; MARITAL STATUS; MICROECONOMIC FACTORS; MOTHERS; MOTIVATION--WOMEN; MOZAMBIQUE; NUPTIALITY; PARENTS; PERCEPTION--WOMEN; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PORTUGUESE SPEAKING AFRICA; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; RESEARCH REPORT; URBAN POPULATION;

CONTRACEPTION; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOZAMBIQUE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0032016923     PISSN: 0037766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19485565.1998.9988964     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. ARNOLD, F. 1991. Sex preferences for children and its demographic and health implications, p. 249-273. In Proceedings of the demographic and health survey world conference, Washington, D.C., 5-7 August 1991, Vol. 1.
2. BLEDSOE, C. H., A. G. HILL, U. D'ALESSANDRO, and P. LANGEROCK. 1994. Constructing natural fertility: The use of Western contraceptive technologies in rural Gambia. Pop. Develop. Rev. 20: 81-113.
3. BROCKERHOFF, M. 1994. Fertility and family planning in African cities: The impact of female migration. Population Council Working Papers No. 68.
4. BROCKERHOFF, M., and X. YANG. 1994. The impact of migration on fertility in sub-Saharan Africa. Soc. Biol. 41:19-43.
5. BURCH, T. K. 1983. The impact of forms of family and sexual unions and dissolution of unions on fertility, p. 532-567. In R. Bulatao and R. D. Lee (eds.), Determinants of fertility in developing countries, Vol. 2. Academic Press, New York.
6. BURUNDI. 1988. Enquête démographique et de santé au Burundi, 1987. Ministère de l'Interieur, Gitega, Burundi, and Institute for Resource Development/Westinghouse, Columbia, Maryland.
7. CALDWELL, J. C., and P. CALDWELL. 1987. The cultural context of high fertility in sub-Saharan Africa. Pop. Develop. Rev. 13:409-437.
8. CALDWELL, J. C., I. O. ORUBULOYE, and P. CALDWELL. 1992. Fertility decline in Africa: A new type of transition? Pop. Develop. Rev. 18: 211-242.
9. CLIGNET, R. 1967. Environmental change, types of descent and child rearing practices. In H. Miner (ed.), The city in modern Africa. Praeger, New York.
10. _. 1970. Many wives, many powers: Authority and power in polygamous families. Northwestern Univ. Press, Evanston, IL.
11. FRANK, O. 1987. The demand for fertility control in sub-Saharan Africa. Stud. Fam. Plan. 18: 181-201.
12. GHANA. 1989. Ghana demographic and health survey, 1988. Ghana Statistical Service, Accra, Ghana, and Institute for Resource Development/Macro Systems Inc., Columbia, Maryland.
13. GRAHAM, D. H., I. BAPTISTA LUNDIN DE COLOANE, A. FRANCISCO, W. NALL, M. WALKER, and P. JENKINS. 1991. Peri-urban baseline research results: Maputo Mozambique. Final report to USAID mission, Maputo, Mozambique. Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
14. ISIUGO-ABANIHE, U. C. 1994. Reproductive motivation and family-size preferences among Nigerian men. Stud. Fam. Plan. 25:149-161.
15. JEJEEBHOY, S. J. 1995. Women's education, autonomy, and reproductive behaviour: Experience from developing countries. Calderon Press, Oxford.
16. MONREAL, T. 1991. Comportamento reprodutivo da mulher moçambicana, 1987. Ministério da Saúde, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, and UNFPA, Maputo, Moçambique.
17. MOTT, F. L., and S. H. MOTT. 1985. Household fertility decisions in West Africa: A comparison of male and female survey results. Stud. Fam. Plan. 16:88-99.
18. MUHSAM, H. V. 1956. Fertility of polygynous marriages. Pop. Stud. 10:3-16.
19. NATIONAL DIRECTORATE OF STATISTICS. 1993. Personal communication of the statisticians of the National Directorate of Statistics of Mozambique.
20. NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL. 1993a. Demographic change in sub-Saharan Africa. National Academy Press, Washington, D.C.
21. _. 1993b. Factors affecting contraceptive use in sub-Saharan Africa. National Academy Press, Washington, D.C.
22. MOSHER, W. D., and C. GOLDSCHEIDER. 1984. Contraceptive patterns of religious and racial groups in the United States, 1955-76: Convergence and distinctiveness. Stud. Fam. Plan. 15:101-111.
23. OGBURN, W. 1922. Social change. W. Huebsch, New York.
24. ONI, G. A., and J. MCCARTHY. 1986. Use of contraceptives for birth spacing in a Nigerian city. Stud. Fam. Plan. 17:165-171.
25. OPPONG, C. 1983. Women's roles, opportunity costs and fertility, p. 547-589. In R. Bulatao and R. D. Lee (eds.), Determinants of fertility in developing countries, Vol. 1. Academic Press, New York.
26. PEBLEY, A. R., and W. MBUGUA. 1989. Polygyny and fertility in sub-Saharan Africa. In R. Lesthaeghe (ed.), Reproduction and social organization in sub-Saharan Africa. Univ. of California Press, Berkeley, CA.
27. PISON, G. 1986. Démographie de la polygamie. Population 41:93-122.
28. POLLAK, R. A., and S. C. WATKINS. 1993. Cultural and economic approaches to fertility: Proper marriage or mésalliance. Pop. Develop. Rev. 19:467-496.
29. PRESTON, S. 1986. Changing values and falling birth rates, p. 176-195. In K. Davis, M. S. Bernstam, and R. Ricardo-Campbell (eds.), Below-replacement fertility in industrial societies: Causes, consequences, policies. Pop. Develop. Rev. 12(Suppl.).
30. PRITCHETT, L. H. 1994. Desired fertility and the impact of population policies. Pop. Develop. Rev. 20:1-55.
31. RENNE, E. P. 1993. Gender ideology and fertility strategies in an Ekiti Yuruba village. Stud. Fam. Plan. 24:343-353.
32. REPÚBLICA DE MOÇAMBIQUE. 1993. Relatório sobre os resultados finais do inquérito as famílias na cidade de Maputo, Vol. 1. Direcção Nacional de Estatística, Maputo, Moçambique.
33. _. 1995. Moçambique: Panorama demográfico e sócioeconómico. Direcção Nacional de Estatística, Maputo, Moçambique.
34. SCHNEIDER, J., and P. SCHNEIDER. 1992. Going forward in reverse gear: culture, economy and political economy in the demographic transition of a rural Sicilian town. In J. R. Gillis, L. A. Tilly, and D. Levine (eds.), The European experience of declining fertility, 1850-1970: The quiet revolution. Blackwell, Cambridge, MA.
35. SHAPIRO, D., and B. O. TAMBASHE. 1994. The impact of women's employment and education on contraceptive use and abortion in Kinshasa, Zaire. Stud. Fam. Plan. 25:96-111.
36. WARE, H. 1977. Women's work and fertility in Africa, p. 1-34. In S. Kupinsky (ed.), The fertility of working women: A synthesis of international research. Praeger, New York.
37. WESTOFF, C. F. 1990. Reproductive preferences and fertility rates. Internat. Fam. Plan. Persp. 16: 84-89.