Economic security, informational resources, and women's reproductive choices in urban Mozambique

Article Abstract:

Women's perception of their material conditions and socioeconomic security is the prime motivator in their intention to stop childbearing. Contraceptive use, on the other hand, is the result of social diffusion and the acceptance of innovative information and technologies from the West. These were the key findings in a study of the socioeconomic and cultural determinants and correlates of the intention to stop childbearing and of contraceptive use among urban women in Mozambique. The study used logistic regression for multivariate analysis of data culled from a survey of 1,585 married women in 1993 in Greater Maputo.

Demographic aspects, Mozambique, Contraception, Birth control, Urban women

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Household crowding and reproductive behavior

Article Abstract:

Household crowding does not have a significant effect on sexual or reproductive behavior, as shown by studies of Bangkok, Thailand. Variables studied included fetal loss, child loss, sexual relations in marriage and desires for more children. These results contradict assumptions based on ethology which would expect population limits and sexual aberration.

Psychological aspects, Sex, Research, Crowding (Population density), Bangkok, Thailand (City), Crowding stress

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A biocultural analysis of circumcision

Article Abstract:

The authors examine evidence on circumcision as a method of lowering levels of pheromones in pubescent males. The cultural and religious aspects, previous studies, and consequences of circumcision are examined.

Influence, Sex customs, Pheromones, Circumcision

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