Do mothers-in-law matter? Family dynamics and fertility decision-making in urban squatter settlements of Karachi, Pakistan
Do mothers-in-law matter? Family dynamics and fertility decision-making in urban squatter settlements of Karachi, Pakistan
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DOI：
10.1017/s0021932003005984
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发表时间：
2003-10-01
影响因子：
1.5
通讯作者：
Sajan, F
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作者：
Kadir, MM;Fikree, FF;Sajan, F
调查了婆婆对家庭内部决策、家庭规模和计划生育的看法，并将她们的观点与儿子和儿媳的观点进行了比较。巴基斯坦卡拉奇八个棚户区的妇女（717 名儿媳）、她们的丈夫（717 名儿子）和 522 名婆婆接受了采访。关于儿童的教育和医疗保健以及购买珠宝的决定被认为属于核心家庭范围（即丈夫和妻子）。婆婆、儿媳和儿子想要更多孩子的愿望存在差异。 28%的婆婆和58%的儿媳不想要更多的孙子/女儿，36%的婆婆和66%的儿媳不想要更多的孙女/女儿。婆婆/儿媳对的差异明显大于母子对的差异。总体而言，除了限制家庭规模之外，婆婆的角色似乎有些被儿子（家庭男性成员）所掩盖。建议将婆婆纳入计划生育信息教育交流（IEC）活动中。
The perspectives of mothers-in-law about intra-household decision-making, family size and family planning are investigated, and their views compared with those of their sons and daughters-in-law. Women (717 daughters-in-law), their husbands (717 sons) and their 522 mothers-in-law were interviewed in eight squatter settlements in Karachi, Pakistan. Decisions about the schooling and health care of children, and the purchase of jewellery, are perceived to lie within the nuclear family domain (i.e. husband and wife). There was a difference in mothers-in-law's, daughters-in-law's and sons' desire to have more children. Twenty-eight per cent of mothers-in-law versus 58% of daughters-in-law did not want more grandsons/sons and 36% of mothers-in-law versus 66% of daughters-in-law did not want more granddaughters/daughters. The difference was markedly greater among the mother-in-law/daughter-in-law pairs than in the mother/son pairs. Overall, the mother-in-law's role seems to be somewhat overshadowed by that of her son (family male member), except for limiting family size. It is suggested that mothers-in-law should be included in Information-Education-Communication (IEC) campaigns about family planning.