Studies that treat quantitative fertility data analytically. References to crude data are coded under S. Official Statistical Publications. Methodological studies specifically concerned with fertility are cited in this division and cross-referenced to N. Methods of Research and Analysis Including Models, if necessary.
Analytical studies of quantitative birth data and reproduction rates and studies of fertility and its concomitants. Studies of age at marriage, divorce, and factors influencing family size are coded under G.1. Marriage and Divorce or G.2. Family and Household.
66:10014 Barkalov, Nicholas B.
The fertility decline in Russia, 1989-1996: a view with period
parity-progression ratios. Genus, Vol. 55, No. 3-4, Jul-Dec 1999.
11-60 pp. Rome, Italy. In Eng. with sum. in Ita; Fre.
"Period
parity-progression ratios for Russia, 1988-1996 and 1978-1979, are
computed with the age-parity underlying model, [as well as] for
1979-1989--with a cruder indirect technique. Also obtained are, with a
newly derived procedure, parity-progression ratios for 77 out of 80
[of] Russia's territorial units referring to 1993-1994. The fertility
rise of the 1980s and its steep decline in the 1990s are interpreted in
terms of parity-progression evolution, and the difference between the
age-parity total fertility rate and the conventional one is examined.
At present, Russia's parity-progression schedule is seen as clearly
distinct from those of Western nations, despite fairly similar overall
fertility levels, and no evidence of convergence toward the West is
found. No unusual regional diversity in the parity-progression pattern
is detected, with exception for certain ethnic autonomous republics.
Some formal properties of the parity-progression table are also
studied."
Correspondence: N. B. Barkalov, Development
Group International, 700 North Fairfax Street, Suite 604, Alexandria,
VA 22314-2040. E-mail: Nbarkalov@devgroup.com. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
66:10015 Elamin, Mahjoub A.; Bhuyan, K.
C. Differential fertility in north eastern Libya.
Journal of Family Welfare, Vol. 45, No. 1, Apr 1999. 12-22 pp. Mumbai,
India. In Eng.
This analysis of fertility in Libya is based on a
survey of 1,252 couples in north-eastern Libya carried out by the
author. The primary focus was to analyze the impact of child loss on
subsequent fertility in a relatively affluent population with low
contraceptive prevalence. The results also indicate that, even in the
absence of contraception, increases in the level of education, age at
marriage, and opportunities for female employment outside of the home
tend to reduce fertility.
Correspondence: M. A. Elamin,
Garyounis University, Department of Statistics, Benghazi, Libya.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
66:10016 Gabadinho, Alexis; Wanner,
Philippe. Fertility and family surveys in countries of the
ECE region: standard country report, Switzerland. UN/ECE Economic
Studies, No. 10m, Pub. Order No. GV.E.99.II.E.29. ISBN 92-1-116730-2.
1999. xii, 94 pp. UN Economic Commission for Europe [ECE]: Geneva,
Switzerland; United Nations Population Fund [UNFPA]: New York, New
York. In Eng.
This is the thirteenth in the series Fertility and
Family Surveys Standard Country Reports, and concerns the survey
carried out in Switzerland in 1994-1995 involving 3,881 women and 2,083
men. The report has substantive chapters on economic, social, and
cultural trends; population trends; and FFS findings. The chapter on
population trends has sections on population structure by age and sex,
fertility, nuptiality, mortality, households and families, and
population policies. The chapter on FFS findings has sections on
household composition, childhood and the parental home, partnerships,
children, fertility regulation, fertility preferences, values and
beliefs, and female education and occupation.
Correspondence:
UN Economic Commission for Europe, Palais des Nations, 1211 Geneva
10, Switzerland. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
66:10017 Gossage, Peter; Gauvreau,
Danielle. Demography and discourse in transition: Quebec
fertility at the turn of the twentieth century. History of the
Family, Vol. 4, No. 4, 1999. 375-95 pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
This article examines the relationship between demographic trends
and the public discourse in the Canadian province of Quebec.
"Using a collection of articles selected from French-language
periodicals published between 1870 and 1920, the article analyzes the
reactions of certain public commentators to the prospect of fertility
decline in this traditionally prolific province. They identify a shift
in the public discussion of fertility in Quebec during World War I.
Pride in and celebration of Quebec's large families was superseded in
the dominant nationalist discourse by anxiety about diminished rates of
reproduction and natalist exhortations to women who might be tempted to
restrict their fertility."
Correspondence: P. Gossage,
Université de Sherbrooke, Department of History and Political
Science, 2500 Boulevard de l'Université, Sherbrooke, Quebec J1K
2R1, Canada. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
66:10018 Kulczycki, Andrzej; Saxena, Prem
C. New evidence on fertility transition through wartime in
Lebanon. Genus, Vol. 55, No. 3-4, Jul-Dec 1999. 131-52 pp. Rome,
Italy. In Eng. with sum. in Ita; Fre.
"This paper analyzes the
levels and trends of fertility over the past five decades for Lebanon,
through national and sub-national estimates. The article uses the 1996
Population and Housing Survey, the largest demographic dataset for
Lebanon since the 1932 census. In 1996, total fertility rates at the
governorate level stood as high as 4.0 in North Lebanon and as low as
2.0 in Beirut, unlike in other Arab countries. Cohort fertility rates
ranged from 3.74 in Beirut to 5.86 in Bekaa for women born in 1947-51.
The disparities in fertility are even more striking at the district
level and have widened over time. In the aggregate, fertility decline
does not appear to have been significantly interrupted by the
hostilities from 1975-1991."
Correspondence: A.
Kulczycki, American University of Beirut, Department of Population
Studies, Bliss Street, P.O. Box 11-0236, Beirut, Lebanon. E-mail:
andrzej@aub.edu.lb. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
66:10019 Retherford, Robert D.; Thapa,
Shyam. The trend of fertility in Nepal, 1961-1995.
Genus, Vol. 55, No. 3-4, Jul-Dec 1999. 61-97 pp. Rome, Italy. In Eng.
with sum. in Ita; Fre.
"This article presents new estimates of
fertility trends in Nepal for the period 1961-95. The estimates are
derived from three national surveys--the 1976 Nepal Fertility Survey
(NFS), the 1991 Nepal Fertility, Family Planning and Health Survey
(NFFPHS), and the 1996 Nepal Family Health Survey (NFHS). Each survey
yields a trend for the fifteen years before the survey, and the trends
estimated from the 1991 NFFPHS and the 1996 NFHS overlap during some of
these years. Because the data are not perfect, the trends do not
coincide. Analysis of the discrepancies allows an improved assessment
of the true trend in fertility. The trend so obtained suggests that
current fertility is somewhat higher than commonly thought, and that
fertility has been declining somewhat more slowly than commonly
thought. Our best estimates indicate that, between 1961 and 1995, the
TFR declined from 6.10 to 4.95, with the rate of decline accelerating
in recent years."
Correspondence: R. D. Retherford,
East-West Center, Population and Health Studies, Honolulu, HI
96848-1601. E-mail: retherfr@ewc.hawaii.edu. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
66:10020 Sibanda, Amson. The
Kenyan fertility transition: an age-parity specific analysis of
fertility levels and trends. Genus, Vol. 55, No. 3-4, Jul-Dec
1999. 153-94 pp. Rome, Italy. In Eng. with sum. in Ita; Fre.
"This study explores the course and age-parity structure of
fertility decline in Kenya. The study utilizes pooled data from the
1988 and 1993 Kenya Demographic and Health Surveys. By using parity
progression ratios and conditional age-parity specific birth
probabilities, it provides a clear picture of the dynamics of the
fertility decline that is under way in Kenya. It can be argued that the
observed fertility decline is not only a timing effect but is also due
to a true decline in the number of children various age cohorts of
Kenyan women have been having. In the early and middle ages of
reproduction, we see important tendencies toward the delay of the first
birth and the lowering of middle and higher order births. Together,
these changes are producing dramatic declines in period
fertility."
Correspondence: A. Sibanda, University of
Pennsylvania, Population Studies Center, 3718 Locust Walk,
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6298. E-mail: sibandaa@pop.upenn.edu.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
Studies on differences in fertility patterns and levels in subgroups of a population. Also included are studies on age-specific fertility, such as teenage pregnancy.
66:10021 Mishra, Ajay K.; Audinarayana,
Narayanayaswami; Kulkarni, Purushottam M. Fertility
differentials by education in Uttar Pradesh, India. An analysis of
period parity progression ratios. Genus, Vol. 55, No. 3-4, Jul-Dec
1999. 99-112 pp. Rome, Italy. In Eng. with sum. in Ita; Fre.
"Fertility histories from a large survey, the National Family
Health Survey, Uttar Pradesh, have been utilised to compute period
parity progression ratios (PPPRs) following the methodology proposed by
Feeney and Yu (1987). The PPPRs have been calculated for the
quinquennia between the years 1972 and 1991 and for the first four
parities. The findings show that a decline in the PPPRs is seen only
after the third and higher order births. There are notable differences
in the levels and trends in the PPPRs by education. The decline is
sharper for women with the higher level of education. Further, while
nearly half of the population in the higher education class had begun
to stop childbearing at two or three births even by 1972-76, the
primary/middle school educated population reached this level only in
1987-91 and the illiterate population not even by
then."
Correspondence: A. K. Mishra, Bharathiar
University, Department of Population Studies, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
641 046, India. E-mail: popstu@bharathi.ernet.in. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
66:10022 Schoenmaeckers, Ronald C.;
Lodewijckx, Edith; Gadeyne, Sylvie. Fertility among
Turkish and Moroccan women in Belgium: results from the census.
[Vruchtbaarheid bij Turkse en Marokkaanse vrouwen in België:
resultaten van de volkstellingen.] Bevolking en Gezin, Vol. 27, No. 3,
1998. 127-54 pp. Brussels, Belgium. In Dut. with sum. in Eng.
"The patterns of family formation and fertility behaviour of
Turkish and Moroccan women in Belgium are changing rapidly. The census
data (1991) indicate a fertility decline. The reasons are changes in
the nuptiality patterns, contraceptive behaviour and migratory flows.
The changes are not identical in both communities. Young cohorts
postpone their marriage, but this is most prominent among Moroccan
women. On the other hand, young Turkish women have a clear preference
for smaller families. The changes also differentiate according to
migrant 'generation' and level of education. The changes are not
restricted to Belgium but are also observed in the countries of
origin."
This paper was originally presented at the 1998 Annual
Meeting of the Population Association of
America.
Correspondence: R. C. Schoenmaeckers, Centrum voor
Bevolkings- en Gezinsstudie, Markiesstraat 1, 1000 Brussels, Belgium.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
Studies on infertility, as well as studies of spontaneous abortion, prematurity, and other relevant pathologies of pregnancy.
Studies concerning activities, including family planning programs, that are primarily designed to influence fertility.
General aspects of fertility control, primarily those concerned with family planning and family planning programs.
66:10023 Arévalo, Marcos; Sinai, Irit;
Jennings, Victoria. A fixed formula to define the fertile
window of the menstrual cycle as the basis of a simple method of
natural family planning. Contraception, Vol. 60, No. 6, Dec 1999.
357-60 pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
This study presents a fixed
formula that can be used by women to find the period in their menstrual
cycle in which they are likely to become pregnant. "This article
reports the results of an analysis of the application of a fixed
formula to define the fertile window. A large existing data set from a
World Health Organization study of the Ovulation Method was used to
estimate the theoretical probability of pregnancy using this formula.
Information about the variable probability of pregnancy on different
cycle days relative to ovulation also was considered in the analysis.
Results suggest that a fixed formula in which days 8-19 of the
menstrual cycle are considered to be the fertile window would provide
the appropriate basis of a simple, effective, family planning
method."
Correspondence: M. Arévalo, Georgetown
University Medical Center, Institute for Reproductive Health, 3PCH,
3800 Reservoir Road NW, Washington, D.C. 20007. E-mail:
arevalom@gunet.georgetown.edu. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
66:10024 Bankole, Akinrinola; Ezeh, Alex
C. Unmet need for couples: an analytical framework and
evaluation with DHS data. Population Research and Policy Review,
Vol. 18, No. 6, Dec 1999. 579-605 pp. Dordrecht, Netherlands. In Eng.
"This paper develops an analytical framework for measuring
unmet need for couples. The approach: (1) takes a fresh look at the
classification of pregnant and amenorrheic women, and (2) incorporates
the contraceptive use and fertility preferences of husband and wife in
estimating the level of unmet need in six sub-Saharan African
countries. Our findings shows that taking these factors into account
results in a 50 to 66 percent reduction in the level of unmet need in
these countries. The importance of husbands' variables in determining
the level of unmet need is clearly evident when examined among fecund
couples in which the wife is neither pregnant nor amenorrheic. The
implications of these findings for family planning programs and
research are discussed."
Correspondence: A. Bankole,
Alan Guttmacher Institute, 120 Wall Street, New York, NY 10005. E-mail:
info@agi-usa.org. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
66:10025 Feyisetan, Bamikale; Casterline, John
B. Fertility preferences and contraceptive change in
developing countries. Population Council Policy Research Division
Working Paper, No. 130, 1999. 30 pp. Population Council, Policy
Research Division: New York, New York. In Eng.
"Fertility has
declined substantially in developing countries in the period since
1960, primarily as the result of increases in contraceptive
prevalence.... One unresolved issue is the causal contribution of
changes in fertility desires. The sources of increase in contraceptive
prevalence are analyzed in 22 countries in Latin America, Asia, and
Africa in the period from the 1970s to the 1990s, using World Fertility
Survey and Demographic and Health Survey data.... Two
fertility-preference variables are examined, the desire for another
birth and the difference between actual and ideal family size. The
rates component dominates in all 22 countries, ranging between 75
percent and 90 percent in most of the countries. In only two countries
does the composition component exceed 25 percent. The results refute
demand-side explanations that ignore or dismiss the potential for
substantial increase in prevalence through the satisfaction of existing
demand."
Correspondence: Population Council, Research
Division, One Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, New York, NY 10017. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
66:10026 Hossain, M. Kabir; Kabir, M.
Does micro credit program in rural Bangladesh has any impact on
reproductive behaviour of poor rural women? Genus, Vol. 55, No.
3-4, Jul-Dec 1999. 113-30 pp. Rome, Italy. In Eng. with sum. in Ita;
Fre.
"By collecting empirical data from rural Bangladesh, this
paper provides additional evidence that credit-based participatory
development programs promoted by non-government organisation [NGO] lead
to higher contraceptive use and smaller family size norms than those
resulting from normal development and categorical family planning
programs. These changes may occur even when NGOs do not provide family
planning services. The findings indicate that credit-program membership
may exert its effect on family size desires through its impact on
women's empowerment. The logistic regression analysis suggests that
predictors of current contraceptive use are BRAC [Bangladesh Rural
Advancement Committee] membership, joint decision by husband and wife,
desired family size, mobility and number of living
children."
Correspondence: M. K. Hossain, Shahjalal
University of Science and Technology, Department of Statistics,
Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh. E-mail: kabirh@sust.edu. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
66:10027 Kamal, Nashid.
Inter-spousal communication on family planning as a determinant of
the use of modern contraception in Bangladesh. Journal of Family
Welfare, Vol. 45, No. 1, Apr 1999. 31-43 pp. Mumbai, India. In Eng.
This paper investigates the effects of inter-spousal communication
on the use of modern contraception in Bangladesh using data from the
1993-1994 Demographic and Health Survey. The results indicate that the
frequency of such communication was a strong predictor of the use of
modern reversible methods of contraception. The need for increased
involvement of men in family planning programs is
stressed.
Correspondence: N. Kamal, Independent University,
School of Environmental Science and Management, Department of
Population-Environment, House 3, Road 10, Baridhara, Dhaka 1212,
Bangladesh. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
66:10028 Pattanaik, B. K.; Kaur,
Kuldip. A correlative study of factors associated with
contraceptive prevalence differentials in rural Uttar Pradesh.
Journal of Family Welfare, Vol. 45, No. 1, Apr 1999. 53-7 pp. Mumbai,
India. In Eng.
This study attempts to analyze the impact of
education, caste, and religion on contraceptive prevalence in selected
villages in Uttar Pradesh, India. The data are from the Small Family
Norms through Innovative Methods project, which included 3,913 couples
living in nine villages. The results indicate that contraceptive
prevalence is higher in those villages with caste Hindus as the
predominate population than in villages mainly inhabited by Muslims or
low-caste Hindus. The association of female literacy and certain
occupations with higher rates of contraceptive prevalence is also
noted.
Correspondence: B. K. Pattanaik, Centre for Research
in Rural and Industrial Development, 2-A Sector 10-A, Madhya Marg,
Chandigarh 160 019, India. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
Selected studies on the medical aspects of fertility control methods, including studies on side effects and use-effectiveness.
66:10029 Dominik, Rosalie; Trussell, James;
Walsh, Terri. Failure rates among perfect users and during
perfect use: a distinction that matters. Contraception, Vol. 60,
No. 6, Dec 1999. 315-20 pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
"To
make an informed decision when choosing a contraceptive, women and
couples need to know how effective different methods are when used
perfectly, where perfect use is defined as following the directions for
use. In this article, we show that unbiased estimates of pregnancy
rates during perfect use can be guaranteed only if information on
consistency and correctness of use is available for each menstrual
cycle. The estimated probability of pregnancy during a year of perfect
use among the subset of women who always used a method perfectly will
be biased upward."
Correspondence: J. Trussell,
Princeton University, Office of Population Research, 21 Prospect
Avenue, Princeton, NJ 08544-209. E-mail: trussell@princeton.edu.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
Studies evaluating either the demographic impact or other criteria of effectiveness of family planning programs.
66:10030 Hotchkiss, D. R.; Magnani, R. J.;
Lakssir, A.; Brown, L. F; Florence, C. S. Family planning
program effects on contraceptive use in Morocco, 1992-1995.
Population Research and Policy Review, Vol. 18, No. 6, Dec 1999. 545-61
pp. Dordrecht, Netherlands. In Eng.
"This study illustrates
the use of panel data and a fixed-effects estimator to investigate the
impact of family planning program inputs on contraceptive utilization
in Morocco during the 1992-1995 period. By controlling the potential
bias resulting from common unobserved determinants of program resource
allocation decisions and program outcomes, the methodology helps
overcome an important constraint to the use of non-experimental study
designs in undertaking meaningful impact assessments. Data from a panel
of women interviewed in both the 1992 and 1995 Morocco Demographic and
Health Surveys were used in the study, along with `program' data from
Service Availability Modules undertaken in conjunction with each survey
round. The results indicate that changes in the family planning supply
environment, in particular increased presence of nurses trained in
family planning and the level of infrastructure at public clinics,
played a significant role in the increased use of modern contraceptives
during the study period."
Correspondence: D. R.
Hotchkiss, Tulane University, School of Public Health and Tropical
Medicine, Department of International Health and Development, 1440
Canal Street, New Orleans, LA 70112. E-mail:
david.hotchkiss@tulane.edu. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
66:10031 Narayana, M. R.
Evaluation of the family welfare programme within a district:
methodology for capturing people's response. Journal of Family
Welfare, Apr 1999. 58-69 pp. Mumbai, India. In Eng.
The author
attempts to develop a methodology for measuring the people's response
to the national family welfare program in India, and for using the
results to measure program effectiveness at the local level. Data
primarily concern the district of Chitradurga in Karnataka, and were
collected in a survey carried out in 1994-1995. The author demonstrates
that this methodology can be used to identify the better- and
worse-performing public heath centers in the
region.
Correspondence: M. R. Narayana, Institute of Social
and Economic Change, Qualitative Unit, Nagarbhavi P.O., Bangalore 560
072, India. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
66:10032 Sunil, T. S.; Pillai, V. K.; Pandey,
A. Do incentives matter?--Evaluation of a family planning
program in India. Population Research and Policy Review, Vol. 18,
No. 6, Dec 1999. 563-77 pp. Dordrecht, Netherlands. In Eng.
"Indian Family Planning programs in the past have introduced a
number of approaches such as providing monetary benefits, and
motivational programs to improve contraceptive use among rural
illiterate women. Under the Ammanpettai family welfare program, the
Melatur PHC administered three program types involving a combination of
monetary and motivational approaches to improve contraceptive use in
the three treatment areas. The program was introduced during January
1989 and was simultaneously discontinued after a period of two years.
The present evaluation was conducted in 1994. Data from a random sample
of 933 non-sterilized women at the time of social survey using a
questionnaire approach is used in this study.... The results...suggest
that motivational programs are more likely to improve long term use of
temporary family planning methods than cash incentive programs. One
implication of our finding is that motivational programs should provide
peer based family planning education and training in community work to
contact persons who make door to door visits to promote family planning
programs."
Correspondence: T. S. Sunil, University of
North Texas, Department of Sociology, P.O. Box 311157, Denton, TX
76203-1157. E-mail: sunils@scs.cmm.unt.edu. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
Studies concerned with the interrelations between fertility control and attitudinal variables, including studies on wanted and unwanted pregnancy and children, motivation for parenthood, sex preference, and voluntary childlessness. Studies on knowledge, attitudes, and practice (KAP) of family planning and attitudes toward family size are classified under this heading.
66:10033 El-Gibaly, Omaima; Ibrahim, Barbara;
Mensch, Barbara S.; Clark, Wesley H. The decline of female
circumcision in Egypt: evidence and interpretation. Population
Council Policy Research Division Working Paper, No. 132, 1999. 33 pp.
Population Council, Policy Research Division: New York, New York. In
Eng.
"Using data from a nationally representative survey of
adolescents, this paper investigates the prevalence and social
correlates of circumcision among girls aged 10-19, the circumstances
surrounding the procedure, and the attitudes of adolescents towards
it.... Circumcision may have begun to decline prior to the time when
the current cohort of girls were at risk; however, the data hint at a
temporal association between the decline and the 1994 International
Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo, a time when
the campaign against circumcision gained momentum.... A multivariate
analysis indicates that girls who have been or are currently in school,
who live in urban governorates, and who are older are more likely to
believe that circumcision is not obligatory. When the analysis includes
boys as well as uncircumcised girls, a large gender gap emerges, with
boys considerably more supportive of the practice than are their female
counterparts."
This is a revised version of a paper originally
presented at the 1999 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of
America.
Correspondence: Population Council, Research
Division, One Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, New York, NY 10017. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
66:10034 Malhi, Prahbhjot; Raina, Gayatri;
Malhotra, Dalip; Jerath, Jagat. Preferences for the sex of
children and its implications for reproductive behaviour in urban
Himachal Pradesh. Journal of Family Welfare, Vol. 45, No. 1, Apr
1999. 23-30 pp. Mumbai, India. In Eng.
Data for a sample of 425
currently married women aged 30-49 living in the city of Simla, India,
in 1996-1997 are used to analyze the impact of sex preference for
children on fertility intentions and contraceptive acceptance. The
results indicate that the preference for male children has a
substantial impact on desired fertility and on family planning
behavior. The authors conclude that the general desire of women to have
two surviving sons will make further declines in fertility difficult to
achieve.
Correspondence: P. Malhi, Post-Graduate Institute
of Medical Education and Research, Department of Paediatrics,
Chandigarh 160 012, India. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
Studies on induced abortion, including those on attitudes, with the exception of studies primarily concerned with government regulation of abortion, which are coded under M.2. Measures Affecting Fertility. Studies of spontaneous abortion appear under F.3. Sterility and Other Pathology.
66:10035 Blanco-Muñoz, Julia;
Castañeda-Camey, Xochitl. Tolerance and resistance:
abortion from the point of view of traditional midwives in a rural area
of Mexico. [Tolerencias y resistencias: el aborto desde la
perspectiva de las parteras tradicionales de un área rural de
México.] Revista de Saúde Pública/Journal of
Public Health, Vol. 33, No. 4, Aug 1999. 334-41 pp. São Paulo,
Brazil. In Spa. with sum. in Eng; Por.
The attitudes and behavior
of traditional midwives in a rural area of Mexico with regard to
abortion are analyzed using qualitative methods involving interviews,
focus groups, and observation. The results indicate that, although
there is a profound rejection of all abortions whether induced or
spontaneous, there is a wide use and general acceptance of methods to
provoke menstruation when it is delayed. The importance of taking local
attitudes and beliefs into consideration in developing appropriate
health services is stressed.
Correspondence: J.
Blanco-Muñoz, Avenida Universidad 655, Col. Santa María
Ahuacatitlan, 62508 Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico. E-mail:
jblanco@insp3.insp.mx. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
Studies on lactation, nutrition, fecundability, sex behavior, menarche and menopause, and other biological factors or social customs as they affect fertility directly. Factors affecting contraceptive practice and factors affecting fertility indirectly are not included here.
Studies on nonmarital fertility, including illegitimacy. Studies of common-law marriage and other forms of cohabitation or voluntary single parenthood are coded under G.1. Marriage and Divorce or G.2. Family and Household.
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