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Social dynamics of adolescent fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa / Caroline H. Bledsoe and Barney Cohen, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Population dynamics of Sub-Saharan Africa.
- Population dynamics of Sub-Saharan Africa
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Teenage pregnancy--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
- Teenage pregnancy.
- Teenagers--Africa, Sub-Saharan--Social conditions.
- Teenagers.
- Teenagers--Sexual behavior--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
- Sexual ethics--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
- Sexual ethics.
- Fertility, Human--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
- Fertility, Human.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (224 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1993.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This examination of changes in adolescent fertility emphasizes the changing social context within which adolescent childbearing takes place.
- Contents:
- SOCIAL DYNAMICS OF ADOLESCENT FERTILITY IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
- POPULATION DYNAMICS OF SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
- Copyright
- Preface
- Contents
- Executive Summary
- 1 Introduction
- CHANGES IN TWO CONFIGURATIONS OF ADOLESCENT FERTILITY
- ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORKS FOR EXPLAINING CHANGE IN ADOLESCENT FERTILITY
- OUR APPROACH: SOCIAL INFLUENCES ON THE OUTCOMES OF ADOLESCENT FERTILITY
- PLAN OF THE REPORT
- 2 Levels and Trends in Adolescent Fertility
- LEVELS OF EDUCATION, SEXUAL EXPERIENCE, MARRIAGE, FERTILITY, AND CONTRACEPTIVE USE AMONG ADOLESCENTS
- TRENDS IN EDUCATION, MARRIAGE, AND FERTILITY AMONG ADOLESCENTS
- Education
- Marriage
- Fertility
- PUTTING THE INDICATORS TOGETHER
- Group 1
- Group 2
- Group 3
- CONCLUSION
- 3 Marriage: New Forms, New Ambiguities
- CUSTOMARY" MARRIAGE IN AFRICA
- Bridewealth
- Participation of Kin
- Polygyny
- Problems in Defining Customary Marriage
- Variance in Marital Forms
- Marriage as a Process
- EFFECTS OF AMBIGUOUS MARITAL STATUS ON LEGITIMATE REPRODUCTION
- CHANGES IN MARRIAGE IN CONTEMPORARY AFRICA
- Economics
- New Legislation
- Religion: Islam and Christianity
- Urbanization
- EFFECT OF THESE CHANGES ON MARRIAGE
- EFFECTS OF MARITAL CHANGES ON PREMARITAL SEXUALITY AND REPRODUCTION
- 4 Reproductive Entitlement: The Social Context of Fertility and Parenthood
- THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF MARRIAGE AND REPRODUCTION
- THE VALUE OF CHILDREN
- REPRODUCTION WITHIN THE SEQUENCE OF LIFE EVENTS
- EARNING REPRODUCTIVE ENTITLEMENT
- THE BOUNDARIES OF ADOLESCENT SEXUALITY
- THE REGULATION OF PATERNITY
- CHANGES IN ADOLESCENT SEXUALITY AND REPRODUCTION
- New Patterns of Male Sexuality and Reproduction
- New Pressures on Women
- CHANGES IN UNSANCTIONED BIRTHS
- 5 Education and Adolescent Fertility
- THE "CULTURE" OF FORMAL EDUCATION: AN EXAMPLE FROM SIERRA LEONE.
- LEVELS AND TRENDS IN FORMAL EDUCATION
- EDUCATIONAL INFLUENCES ON ADOLESCENT FERTILITY
- WHY DO SCHOOLGIRLS BECOME PREGNANT?
- EFFECTS OF ADOLESCENT FERTILITY ON EDUCATION
- 6 Early Work, Training, and Preparation for Adulthood
- ADOLESCENT LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
- What Do Adolescents Do?
- Farming
- Wage Labor
- Trade Apprenticeships
- The Urban Informal Sector and Self-Employment
- PATTERNS OF FEMALE EMPLOYMENT
- DISCUSSION
- FERTILITY AND TRAINING OUTSIDE SCHOOLING
- Women's Trade Apprenticeships
- Fostering and Home Training
- Variations on the Theme of Training and Fertility
- Secluded Female Industry
- Eastern Versus Western African Trade Apprenticeships
- Rice Farming
- Generational Exchanges: Training for Labor
- 7 Consequences of Adolescent Sexuality and Childbearing for Mothers and Children
- HEALTH CONSEQUENCES OF ADOLESCENT FERTILITY
- Maternal Health Complications
- Eclampsia
- Sepsis
- Obstructed and Prolonged Labor
- Hemorrhage
- Fistulas
- Abortion
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- Health Consequences for Children
- SOCIOECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF ADOLESCENT FERTILITY
- Consequences for the Mother
- Effects on Fostering
- Effects on Social Mobility of Children
- Lifetime Consequences of Having No Acknowledged Father
- 8 Conclusions
- FUTURE RESEARCH NEEDS
- Health
- Education and Training
- Marriage and Conjugal Relationships
- Men
- SUMMARY
- Appendix Difficulties in Analyzing Adolescent Fertility
- DEFINITION OF ADOLESCENT
- DEFINITION OF MARRIAGE
- THE DATA: DEFINITIONS AND DEFICIENCIES
- INTEGRATION OF DATA SOURCES
- DATING OF CHANGE
- References.
- Notes:
- "Working Group on the Social Dynamics of Adolescent Fertility, Panel on the Population Dynamics of Sub-Saharan Africa, Committee on Population, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council."
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-208).
- ISBN:
- 9786610196104
- 9781280196102
- 1280196106
- 9780309585538
- 0309585538
- 9780585143484
- 058514348X
- OCLC:
- 923261369
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