DESIRED FERTILITY AND FERTILITY BEHAVIOR AMONG THE YORUBA OF NIGERIA - A STUDY OF COUPLE PREFERENCES AND SUBSEQUENT FERTILITY
DESIRED FERTILITY AND FERTILITY BEHAVIOR AMONG THE YORUBA OF NIGERIA - A STUDY OF COUPLE PREFERENCES AND SUBSEQUENT FERTILITY
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DOI：
10.1080/0032472031000148536
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发表时间：
1995-07-01
影响因子：
2.4
通讯作者：
BANKOLE, A
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作者：
BANKOLE, A
本文探讨了婚姻伴侣的生育意愿对后续生育的影响。特别是，我们试图确定配偶之间的分歧在预测夫妻生育结果中所起的作用。结果表明，当丈夫和妻子对于是否想要另一个孩子存在分歧时，双方的生育意愿对于决定夫妻是否真的要额外生育同样重要。在本研究中，撒哈拉以南非洲社会中男性的主导地位往往仅在夫妇生育生活的初始阶段（与四个或更少的孩子有关）发挥作用。这种倾向被后期妻子欲望的更强影响所抵消。因此，我们得出的结论是，撒哈拉以南非洲的生育率研究应征求男性和女性的信息，任何旨在促进该地区生育率下降的计划或政策都必须涉及两性。
This paper examines the effects of the fertility desires of marital partners on subsequent fertility. In particular, we attempt to identify the role played by disagreement between the spouses in predicting the couple's fertility outcome. The results indicate that when husband and wife disagree about whether or not they want another child, the fertility desires of both partners are equally important in determining whether the couple actually have an additional birth. The dominance of men in sub-Saharan African societies tends to operate in the present study only in the initial stages of a couple's reproductive lives (associated with four or fewer children). This tendency is offset by the stronger influence of the wife's desire in the later stages. Thus, we conclude that fertility research in sub-Saharan Africa should solicit information from men and women, and any programme or policy that aims to promote fertility decline in the region must involve both sexes.