ISBN:
058514348X
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9780585143484
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xv, 208 p.)
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ill., maps.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. [S.l.] HathiTrust Digital Library Online-Ausg. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library
Series Statement:
Population dynamics of Sub-Saharan Africa
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Social dynamics of adolescent fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa
DDC:
304.6320835
Keywords:
Teenage pregnancy Africa, Sub-Saharan
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Teenagers Social conditions
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Africa, Sub-Saharan
;
Teenagers Sexual behavior
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Africa, Sub-Saharan
;
Sexual ethics Africa, Sub-Saharan
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Fertility, Human Africa, Sub-Saharan
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Schwarzafrika
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Africa, Sub-Saharan
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Teenage pregnancy
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Teenagers Social conditions
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Teenagers Sexual behavior
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Sexual ethics
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Fertility, Human
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Pregnancy in Adolescence
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Adolescent
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Contraception Behavior
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Cross-Cultural Comparison
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Culture
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Education
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Fertility
;
Population Characteristics
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Sexuality
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Social Change
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Socioeconomic Factors
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Taboo
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Marriage trends
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Reproductive Behavior
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Sexual Behavior
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Age Factors
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Behavior
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Contraception
;
Demography
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Developing Countries
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Economics
;
Family Planning Services
;
Personality
;
Population
;
Population Dynamics
;
Psychology
;
Research
;
Fertility, Human Africa, Sub-Saharan
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Schwarzafrika
;
Africa, Sub-Saharan
;
Sexual ethics Africa, Sub-Saharan
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Teenage pregnancy Africa, Sub-Saharan
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Teenagers Sexual behavior
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Africa, Sub-Saharan
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Teenagers Social conditions
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Africa, Sub-Saharan
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Teenagers ; Social conditions
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Fertilität
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Vruchtbaarheid
;
Adolescenten
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Demography
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Teenage pregnancy
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Fertility, Human
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Teenagers ; Sexual behavior
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Sexual ethics
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Africa South of the Sahara
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Africa
;
Sub-Saharan Africa
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Subsaharisches Afrika
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Electronic book
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Statistics
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Adolescent fertility tends to be valued and sanctioned in the countries of sub-Saharan Africa when parents have had adequate ritual or training preparation for adulthood and the child has a recognized father. Young women and adolescents who conceive and bear children within this context are widely accepted by society; those who conceive outside of marriage, however, are strongly condemned by society. Over the past 2-3 decades, most African countries have successfully raised their levels of education. Girls and women are increasingly privy to formal school education and training in trade apprenticeships, domestic service, and ritual initiation which had otherwise been denied in the past. These factors, combined with declining menarche in a few areas, and changing economic opportunities, law, and religion make it more difficult to define the exact date of entry into marriage. Many girls are taking advantage of these changing circumstances and their opportunities to obtain educations and resist early marriage and cildbearing. While defying the traditional entry into early marriage, many young women do not, however, refrain from engaging in sexual activities. Pregnancies to unwed mothers are thereby on the rise and may constitute the most profound change observed in the social context of adolescent fertility on the continent. Once pregnant, many women find themselves shut out by family planning programs and prenatal clinics which serve only married women. This paper ultimately concludes that the social context of adolescent childbearing has an effect on the outcome for mother and child which is as important as the physiological maturity of the mother
Abstract:
Introduction -- Levels and trends in adolescent fertility -- Marriage: new forms, new ambiguities -- Reproductive entitlement: the social context of fortility and parenthood -- Education and adolescent fertility -- Early work, training, and preparation for adulthood -- Consequences of adolescent sexuality and childbearing for mothers and children -- Conclusions -- Appendix: Difficulties in analyzing adolescent fertility.
Note:
"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). - Description based on print version record
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-208)
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Description based on print version record
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
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Online-Ausg. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
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