Fertility and the Household Division of Labor Among the Maragoli of Western Province Kenya: A Pilot Study

肯尼亚西部省马拉戈利人的生育率和家庭劳动分工：试点研究

• 批准号: 8709773
• 负责人: Michael Burton
• 金额: $ 2.95万
• 依托单位: University of California-Irvine
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1987
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1987-07-01 至 1989-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8709773&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Fertility; Household; Division; Labor; Among

This award allows the investigator to do a three month pilot study in Kenya. The primary goal is to test a theory of fertility, namely Caldwell's (1982) wealth flows theory. This theory posits that people plan their family size in response to their appreciation of their economic and social responsibilities, which change with their level of income and access to superior education and training. The higher their income, the better their training/education, the more their responsibilities towards family focus upon the nuclear rather than the extended family, and the less they need to rely upon numerous offspring to look after them in their old age. The research hypothesizes that wealth flows theory will explain the demographic situation among the Maragoli of Viyalo Sublocation, Western Province, Kenya better than an alternative model known as the "economic value of children" perspective. The researcher will collect time allocation data and demographic information to test these hypotheses. The area has been studied by a Kenyan collaborator since 1975, so this research will build on a longitudinal data base for this community. This research is valuable because improved understanding of the causes of lowered population growth in the developing world is of critical importance. This pilot project will yield valuable information towards that goal.

该奖项允许研究者在以下领域进行为期三个月的试点研究： 肯尼亚. 主要目的是检验生育理论，即 考德威尔（1982）的财富流动理论。 这一理论认为， 计划他们的家庭规模，以回应他们的赞赏， 经济和社会责任，这些责任随着其 收入和获得上级教育和培训机会。 越高 收入越高，他们的培训/教育越好， 对家庭的责任集中在核心，而不是核心。 大家庭，他们需要依赖众多的后代越少 照顾他们的晚年 研究假设， 财富流动理论将解释人口状况， 肯尼亚西部省维亚洛分区Maragoli， 另一种模式被称为“儿童经济价值”的角度。 研究人员将收集时间分配数据和人口统计数据， 来检验这些假设。该地区已被一个 肯尼亚合作者自1975年以来，所以这项研究将建立在一个 这个社区的纵向数据库。 这项研究是有价值的，因为提高了对原因的理解 发展中国家人口增长率下降的问题至关重要， 重要性这一试点项目将产生宝贵的信息， 这个目标。