Women's empowerment and fertility decline among the Pare of Kilimanjaro region, Northern Tanzania
Women's empowerment and fertility decline among the Pare of Kilimanjaro region, Northern Tanzania
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DOI：
10.1016/s0277-9536(02)00488-4
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发表时间：
2003-09-01
影响因子：
5.4
通讯作者：
Hollos, M
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作者：
Larsen, U;Hollos, M
这项研究旨在通过人种志研究、社区调查和深入访谈，探讨增强妇女权能与生育结果之间的联系。这项工作的目的是检验坦桑尼亚基利曼哈罗地区农村地区生育率下降与妇女地位之间的关系。我们的主要假设是，在基利曼哈罗地区的生育率下降，鉴于考德威尔，Orubuloye，和考德威尔（1992年）提出的先决条件已经得到满足，是由于妇女赋权，特别是家庭内的性别平等。研究进行了两个村庄-马松贝尼和Kisanjuni-位于乌格韦诺区的帕雷山脉在基利曼哈罗地区东部。调查结果表明，在这一人口中，第一次生育的年龄增加了，从有一个孩子到下一个孩子的进展下降了。这种模式在1980年代很明显，在1990年代更为强烈。与这一现象有关的因素与妇女地位有关，特别是自由选择伴侣、妇女的教育和家庭财富。(C)2003爱思唯尔科技有限公司版权所有。
This research was designed to explore the connection between the empowerment of women and fertility outcomes, through an ethnographic study, a community-based survey and in-depth interviews. The purpose of the work is to test the relationship between a fertility decline and the status of women in a rural area of Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania. Our major hypothesis was that the decline in fertility in the Kilimanjaro Region-given that the preconditions proposed by Caldwell, Orubuloye, and Caldwell (1992) have been satisfied-is due to the empowerment of women, particularly to gender equity within families.Research was conducted in two villages-Masumbeni and Kisanjuni-located in the Ugweno Division of the Pare Mountains in the eastern part of Kilimanjaro Region. Findings show that in this population age at first birth increased and the progression from having one child to the next child declined. This pattern was evident during the 1980s, it is stronger in the 1990s. The factors associated with this phenomenon are those related to the status of women, particularly, free partner choice, women's education and wealth of the family. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.