REPRODUCTIVE MOTIVATION AND FAMILY-SIZE PREFERENCES AMONG NIGERIAN MEN
REPRODUCTIVE MOTIVATION AND FAMILY-SIZE PREFERENCES AMONG NIGERIAN MEN
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DOI：
10.2307/2137941
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发表时间：
1994-05-01
影响因子：
2.1
通讯作者：
ISIUGOABANIHE, UC
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作者：
ISIUGOABANIHE, UC
从尼日利亚四个城市和一个半城市聚居地的3073对夫妇收集的数据被用来检查生育决策和男性大家庭的动机。报告的结论是，男性占主导地位的特有传统和父系传统支持大家庭，男性的生育动机在很大程度上影响其妻子的生育行为。因此，影响男性生育结果和意图的因素被认为对尼日利亚的生育转型很重要。男性受教育程度、结婚年龄、一夫一妻制、配偶间的交流以及不想依靠子女养老的意愿与较小的实际家庭规模和对较小家庭的偏好显著相关，而处于男性占主导地位的家庭环境则与较大的家庭规模和较大的家庭偏好有很强的关系。这项研究的政策含义是，需要有针对男性的方案，旨在改变他们对人口问题的态度，并激励他们和他们的妻子生育更小的家庭。
Data collected from 3,073 couples in four Nigerian cities and one semiurban settlement were used to examine reproductive decision making and male motivation for large family size. The report concludes that the characteristic male-dominant and patrilineal traditions support large family size and that men's reproductive motivation, to a large extent, affects the reproductive behavior of their wives. Therefore, the factors influencing men's reproductive outcomes and intentions are considered important for fertility transition in Nigeria. Male education, age at marriage, monogamy, interspousal communication, and intention not to rely on children for old-age support are significantly related to smaller actual family size and preferences for smaller families, while being in a male-dominant family setting has a strong relation with large family size and preferences for larger families. The policy implication of this study is the need for programs targeted at men and designed to change their attitudes about population matters and motivate them, and hence their wives, to produce smaller families.